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Best Practices for Nazi-Era Art Presented at Special Event in Washington

Posted by Nicholas O'Donnell on March 7, 2024 at 2:17 PM

I was honored to be among the speakers this week at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on March 5, 2024. Convened by the World Jewish Restitution Organization and the U.S. State Department, the event announced the Best Practices for the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art (available here), and a report (available here) by the WJRO on the status of restitution progress worldwide. The Best Practices were a collaboration by the network of Special Envoys on Holocaust issues, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art in 1998.

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Topics: Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art, 1998 Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets, WJRO, State Department, Leiden University, Stuart Eizenstat, Claims Conference, Antony J. Blinken, Gideon Taylor, Colette Avital, Michael Herzog, Ellen Germain, Dr. Wesley Fisher, Dr. Ruth J. Weinberger, Prof. Dr. Meike Hopp, Technische Universität Berlin, Lord Eric Pickles, Prof. Leora Bilsky, Tel Aviv University, Dr. Evelien Campfens

Zum Geburtstag Viel Glück? The Washington Principles Turn 20

Posted by Nicholas O'Donnell on October 30, 2018 at 10:21 AM

This fall marks the 20^th anniversary of the Washington Conference on Nazi-Era Assets and the corollary Washington Principles on Nazi-confiscated Art that have driven much of the conversation since then. Apollo magazine published my thoughts on the impact of the Washington Principles, which I reproduce below (British spelling, thank you), as well as a thoughtful piece by Martin P. Levy (a member of the UK Spoliation Advisory Panel, one of the commissions created in response to the Washington Principles).

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Topics: Nazi-looted art, SPK, Advisory Commission, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Washington Principles, HEAR Act, UK Spoliation Advisory Panel, Apollo Magazine, Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, Washington Conference on Nazi-Era Assets, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, National Gallery in London, Claims Conference, JUST Act