Since 1945, various laws and regulations have been enacted to compensate for Nazi injustices. The associated administrative procedures have resulted in extensive source material, which is now being intensively consulted by researchers investigating the confiscation of cultural property. Following on from the conference in Bayreuth in 2019 and the section at the Historians’ Day 2023 in Leipzig, our colloquium aims to discuss how descendants, provenance researchers, and museums can benefit from the ongoing digitization of archival materials and what the historical compensation for property losses means for the present: What opportunities, problems, and challenges does this “documentary heritage” offer?
PROGRAMME
12:15 – 12:45 p.m. | Coffee, Meet & Greet
12:45 – 12:50 p.m. | Greetings — Dominik Brabant, Deputy Director Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte
12:50 – 1:15 p.m. | THE LARGER HORIZON / INTRODUCTION
Michael Unger, Deputy Director, State Archives of Bavaria
Anton Biebl, Acting Director, Bavarian State Painting Collection
Meike Hopp, Executive Chair, German Lost Art Foundation, Magdeburg
Christian Fuhrmeister* // Losses and Provenance Research
1:15 – 2:05 p.m. | Double Keynote on “Transformation of Wiedergutmachung” / “Wiedergutmachung for National Socialist Injustice”
Fabienne Huguenin, State Archives of Bavaria // A Largescale Project at the Bavarian State Archives
Kevin Dubout, Federal Archives, Berlin // The Online Collection Wiedergutmachung for National Socialist Injustice
2:05 – 2:15 p.m. | Discussion
Break
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. | DESCENDANTS OF VICTIMS OF NATIONAL SOCIALIST PERSECUTION ON ^ — EXPECTATIONS, EXPERIENCES
Nina McGehee, Denver // Reflections on Loss and Possible Implications of the Wiedergutmachung Files for Next Generations
Dan Aufhäuser, Los Angeles // On Reading Files | With a comment by Heidi Schlaug, Munich
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. | PROJECTS AND RESEARCH IN COMMUNICATION, CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION WITH DESCENDANTS
Munich Roots
Regina Prinz, Münchner Stadtmuseum // Experiences of Descendants of Former Munich Jews in Dealing with Original Sources in the Munich Archives
Einstein
Katharina Fehr, LMU Munich // 10 to 1? The Ratio of Post-War and Nazi Era files | With a comment by Farah Einstein, Johannesburg
Littauer
Elena Brunner, LMU Munich // Joining Fundamental Research and Family Research? | With a comment by Emily Kemme and Rudi Hartmann, Denver
Lämmle
Anna-Lena Schneider* // On the Necessity of Translating and Explaining the Administrative Processes of the 1950s
Rosenthal, Drey
Franziska Eschenbach, Ketterer Kunst / Lenbachhaus Munich // Between Recognition and Administrative Procedures: How State Authorities Dealt with Victims of National Socialism like the Descendants of Jacques & Emma and Ludwig Rosenthal, and A.S. Drey
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Break
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5:00 – 6:40 p.m. | WIEDERGUTMACHUNG RECORDS AND THEIR LEGAL, ETHICAL AND PRAGMATIC DIMENSIONS TODAY
5:00 – 5:30 | Rebecca Friedman, HCPO New York and Anna Rubin, HCPO New York // The Relevance and Evidentiary Value of Wiedergutmachung Files in Contemporary Restitution Claims
5:30 – 5:45 p.m. | Discussion
5:45 – 6:20 p.m. | Working Group “Wiedergutmachungsakten” (Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.) – An Overview provided by Heike Krokowski, Marcus Leifeld, Emily Löffler, and Ilse von zur Mühlen
6:20 – 6:25 p.m. | Stephan Klingen, Ketterer Kunst Munich // Reflections
6.25 – 6.40 p.m. | Discussion
6:40 – 7.10 p.m. | Closing Keynote — Benno Nietzel, Bielefeld University // Historical Research on Restitution and Compensation. Perspectives and Challenges
7.10 p.m. | Discussion
7:30 p.m. | End of Colloquium
CONCEPT: Lena Schneider, Christian Fuhrmeister
MODERATION: Christian Fuhrmeister
For additional information and the zoom link, visit: https://www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2026/provenienz-und-sammlungsforschung-xvi
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