Restitution

For every looted Schiele, there are countless looted Jewish artifacts

What other paintings, books and kiddush cups that tell the story of a family lie today behind closed doors and in private homes? 

File photo of a U.S. soldier viewing art stolen by the Nazi regime and stored in church at Ellingen, Germany
People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.

Top US Holocaust officials: Oct. 7 massacre creates ‘new momentum’ for restitution

 ‘PORTRAIT OF Adele Bloch-Bauer I,’ also called ‘The Lady in Gold,’ by Gustav Klimt, 1907.

Editor's Notes: The race to reclaim Nazi-looted art

File photo of a U.S. soldier viewing art stolen by the Nazi regime and stored in church at Ellingen, Germany

German museum curator returns looted art to Holocaust victim descendants


Does Poland love Jews? Restitution law implies no - opinion

The Polish Parliament threw a cold dose of reality on any sense of reconciliation that might take place.

 A MEMORIAL for the Jews of Kanczuga.

Poland's Holocaust restitution law is an injustice - editorial

The move has resulted in a severe crisis between Israel and Poland, which had previously enjoyed a strong relationship, with Warsaw being one of Jerusalem’s staunch allies in the European Union.

The Polish parliament, the Sejm.

Grapevine August 18, 2021: Pole vaulting

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG congratulates French immigrant bridal couple Sarah Chemla and Rudy Haziza.

UK joins opposition to Polish anti-restitution law

The UK expressed disappointment at the passing of the Polish law limiting opportunities for property restitution.

British House of Commons in London.

Poland recalls ambassador to Israel indefinitely

Israel recalled its envoy from Poland to protest a new law that limits the ability of Jews to recover property seized by Nazis during the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivors protest Poland's Holocaust law outside the Polish embassy in Tel Aviv, February 8, 2018

After Polish restitution law, Lapid recalls embassy head to Israel

After Polish approval of the WWII restitution law, FM Lapid said that the new Israeli Ambassador to Poland will not travel to Warsaw, and the Polish ambassador will be advised to stay in Poland.

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is seen speaking to European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, on July 12, 2021.

Israel, US coordinating response to Polish anti-restitution law

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that he urged Poland's President Duda not to sign the bill into law but rather refer the bill to Poland’s constitutional tribunal.

The Polish parliament, the Sejm.

Polish Law preventing restitution of Jewish property passes in Senate

"The law will strongly harm [Israel's] relations with Poland," Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said.

 1st sitting the Polish Senate of the 9th term.

US senators urge Polish president to stymie property restitution law

The legislation, which would make property restitution impossible for those who lost property to the Polish Communist regime after the Holocaust, is set for a vote in the Polish Senate this week.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda delivers a speech before the official start of a march marking the 100th anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2018.

Activist and Holocaust survivor David Mermelstein dies at 92

Like so many other survivors, as he aged, Mermelstein overcame his reluctance to speak about the Holocaust and made communication his forte.

A NINE-PANEL sculpture by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam stands near the entrance of the Holocaust Memorial in New Orleans.