Definition – 'Claimant' - someone who asks to be given something which they think they are entitled to. The Looted Art Claims Project holds Claimant information related to European Impressionist & Modern Artworks that were stolen, confiscated, seized, looted or subject to forced sale during the period 1933-1945. All Claimant types are explored Jewish and Non-Jewish. The project recognises that during war, artworks of value, held in vacated homes, during transit or storage were at risk of seizure not just by the Nazi authorities but by opportunistic people located in occupied territories.
Therefore; the Looted Art Claims Database contains the full spectrum of claim related historical data; from Claimant applications submitted through government departments, German war time administrative files recording confiscated objects, post-war research files of the Allied Authorities handling claims from previous owners of confiscated objects and ownership declarations by German and Austrian holders of art, to compensation claims issued against the German Government.
Claimant information records are from the following countries: Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, UK, Uruguay, USA, USSR and Yugoslavia.
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