212/2000 Sb.
13:40 – 14:00 Lucien Kalfon (France) The Situation in France: Between Restitution and Compensation,
the Difficult Question of Works of Art.
14:00 – 14:20 Olaf Ossmann (Germany) The Term „verfolgungsbedingter Vermögensverlust“ (Persecution
Related Deprivation of Property) as Basis of Restitution and Compensation Law in
Germany. Conclusions for Restitution of Art.
14:20 – 14:40 Kamil Zeidler (Poland) How to Get and not to Give. About Injustice in Restitutions.
14:40 – 15:00 Jan Bank (Netherlands) Restitution policy in the Netherlands 2002–2006 The Koenigs
collection and the Goudstikker case
15:00 – 15:20 Discussion
15:20 – 15:40 Coffee Break
3. PANEL THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF THE LOST BOOKS, LIBRARIES AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Search and identification of the lost books, libraries and musical instruments. The methodology of the provenience research in different countries.
15:40 – 17:40 Chairman: Ji?í Kocian (Czech Republic)
15:40 – 16:00 Sem Christian Sutter (USA) The Fate of Books Confiscated in the Möbel-Aktion.
16:00 – 16:20 Dario Tedeschi (Italy) The Libraries of the Jewish Community in Rome and of the
Italian Rabbinical College Looted by the Nazis: the Work of the Commission Created
by the Italian Government for the Research.
16:20 – 16:40 Patricia Grimsted (USA) Sudeten Crossroads for Europe’s Displaced Books.
16:40 – 17:00 Evelyn Adunka (Austria) Recent Developments on the Restitution and Research of
Looted Books in Austria.
17:00 – 17:20 Veronika Prochazkova (Czech Republic) Saraval´s inheritance.
17:20 – 17:40 Discussion
21:00 Night guided Tour - Sychrov Castle
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4. PANEL IS IT STILL POSSIBLE TO FIND THE LOST ART?
The search and the identification of the lost, confiscated and displaced works of art.
9:00 – 11:00 Chairwoman: Helena Koenigsmarková (Czech Republic)
9:00 – 9:20 Anna B. Rubin (USA) The Holocaust Claims Processing Office: A Decade of Unearthing
the Missing Pieces.
9:20 – 9:40 Shauna Isaac (Great Britain) The Role of Technology in Finding Looted Art.
9:40 – 10:00 Tiina Koivulahti (Finland) Provenance Research and Finnish Collections.
10:00 – 10:20 Uwe Hartmann (Germany) "Red Flags“and "Missing Links“. A Short Report about the
German Lost Art Project Experience in Opening and Publishing Provenance Research
Resources.
10:20 – 10:40 Sarah Jackson (Great Britain) The Art Loss Register – A Tool for Provenance Research.
10:40 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break
5. PANEL THE WAY BACK?
Export licences for the works of art returned to the original owners.
11:20 – 12:20 Chairman: Pavel Jirásek (Czech Republic)
11:20 – 11:40 Aleksandra Murre (Estonia) Restitution of the Panting by Albrecht Dürer “John the Baptist”
from the Art Museum of Estonia to Its Former Owner Bremen Kunsthalle.
11:40 – 12:00 Jaromír Kalus (Czech Republic) Silesian Museum in Opava – Experiences with the
Restitutions.
12:00 – 12:20 Hillary Bauer (Great Britain) The Handling of Claims for Spoliated Cultural Objects in the
UK.
12:20 – 12:40 Discussion
12:40 – 13:40 Lunch
6. PANEL THE FIRST SEGMENTS OF THE MOSAIC
The archives and their importance to clarify the origins of the confiscated cultural assets.
13:40 – 15:40 Chairman: Vít Vlnas (Czech Republic)
13:40 – 14:00 Hanna Pirinen (Finland) National borders and International Challenges in Documentation
of Sources of Provenance Research.
14:00 – 14:20 Václav Erben (Czech Republic) Archive of the National Gallery in Prague – Significant
Sources of Information on the Works of Art Looted during the WW II.
14:20 – 14:40 Michel Vermote (Belgium) In Search of Information Lost in Facts. The Archival Research
Concerning Belgian Cultural Losses during WWII
14:40 – 15:00 Monika Sedlakova (Czech Republic) Confiscation and Restitution of Jewish Property –
Archival Sources of National Archive’s Funds with a View to Works of Art.
15:00 – 15:20 Discussion
15:20 – 15:40 Conclusion