Looted Art

The exhibition Looted Art introduces visitors to the issue of research into the provenance of artworks confiscated during World War II and the methods of confiscating property during the occupation. A team of historians The fates of the original owners are presented not only in terms of their collections, the wartime and post-war handling of art artefacts, but also the individual institutions that managed or still manage Jewish property. The aim is to make this topic accessible to a wider public and to show that there are still a considerable number of unidentified art objects in state and other institutions. Among other things, it highlights topics such as the "final solution to the Jewish question", the methods of confiscation and acquisition of property during the occupation, wartime deposits in the administration of state institutions, and the emigration of Jewish citizens and forced donations.