Official Presentations, Reports and Speeches:
Archival Situation in France, Bremen Conference, 1994
Title
Archival Situation in France, Bremen Conference, 1994
Speaker
Philippe Sprang
Date
30 November - 2 December 1994
Description
Sprang states three important sources of accessible archival material relating
to the plunder of French collections: (1) the Contemporary Jewish Documentation
Centre (Centre de documentation juif contemporain) contains material regarding
official correspondence and reports; private letters; and administrative documents
of the Commission on Jewish Affairs (Commission aux aiffaires juives), the Western
Office (Aktion M), the Rosenberg Task Force and the Art Protection Agency (Kunstschutz).
(2) The National Archive contains archival material of the Direction of the
National Museums; some original documents of Dr. Brunjes; and documents on Göring's
purchases in Italy. (3) The Ministry of Finance contains material concerning
reparations to France.
Publishing Information
Sprand, Philippe, Archival Situation in France, in Jost Hansen and Doris Lemmermeier,
(eds.), Cultural Treasures Moved Because of the War: A Cultural Legacy of
the Second World War Documentation and Research on Losses. Documentation of
the International Meeting in Bremen 30 November - 2 December 1994, Bremen
1995:
<http://www.dhh-3.de/biblio/bremen/treasures/contents.html>,
accessed 15 October 2003.
Source
This statement can be found in the Country Report for the Bremen Conference:
Cultural Treasures Moved Because of the War: A Cultural Legacy of the Second
World War Documentation and Research on Losses, Section 3, Archival Records:
<http://www.dhh-3.de/biblio/bremen/treasures/contents.html>,
accessed 15 October 2003.
Direct link at <http://www.dhh-3.de/biblio/bremen/treasures/archsprang.html>,
accessed 15 October 2003.
