Books and Publications:
Répertoire des biens spoliés en France pendant la Guerre 1939-1945
Title
Répertoire des biens spoliés en France pendant la Guerre 1939-1945
Author
Bureau Central des Restitutions
Date
1947
Description
The Central Bureau of Restitution was created in Berlin in 1946 to coordinate
claims made to the American, British and Russian zones of the Allied occupation
government. The book published in 1947 records these claims but was soon out
of date. About one third of the objects listed have been restituted, many of
them even before the volumes were published. The book and its subsequent appendixes
contain an introduction, alphabetical index and table of contents in four languages:
French, German, Russian and English. The book includes images and is organized
by medium and by genre of works.
Volume 1: Industrial material, 1947.
Supplement to vol. 1, 1948.
Second supplement to vol. 1, 1949.
Volume 2: Paintings, tapestries and sculptures, 1947.
Supplement to vol. 2, 1948.
Second supplement to vol. 2, 1949.
Volume 3: Furniture, 1948.
Supplement to vol. 3, 1948.
Second supplement to vol. 3, 1949.
Volume 4: Silver, ceramics, precious objects, 1948.
Supplement to vol. 4, 1948.
Second supplement to vol. 4, 1949.
Volume 5: Transport material, 1948.
Supplement to volume 5, 1949.
Second supplement to vol. 5, 1950.
Volume 6: Movable property, 1948.
Supplement to vol. 6, 1948.
Second supplement to vol. 6, 1948.
Volume 7: Archives, manuscripts and rare books, 1948.
Supplement to vol. 7, 1948.
Volume 8: Jewellery, 1949.
Source
Bureau Central des Restitutions, Répertoire des biens spoliés
en France pendant la Guerre 1939-1945, 8 vols., Berlin, 1947.
N.H. Yeide, K. Akinsha, A. L. Walsh (eds), AAM Guide to Provenance Research, Washington, 2001, pp.115-117.
The eight volumes listed above correspond to the holdings at the British Museum.
British Library public catalogue online:
<http://blpc.bl.uk/>, accessed 19 November
2003.
