Returned from Russia
Subtitle: Nazi archival plunder in Western Europe and recent restitution issues
By: edited by Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, F.J. Hoogewoud and Eric Ketelaar.
Contributors: Grimsted, Patricia Kennedy.; Hoogewoud, F. J.; Ketelaar, F. C. J.
Publisher: Institute of Art and Law
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Builth Wells, Great Britain
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781903987117; 9781903987131
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions; Archives -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century; Archives -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century; Restitution -- Soviet Union; Restitution -- Europe, Western; Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Soviet Union; Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Europe, Western
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. From Nazi plunder to Russian restitution / Patricia Kennedy Grimsted. Introduction: Context and perspectives; title: A. Patterns of Nazi archival plunder and Soviety Recovery. ch. 1. The Reichsarchiv, the Foreign Office and military records; title: ch. 2. Archival loot of the security services and military intelligence; title: ch. 3. Archival loot of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR); title: B. From the Soviet 'Special Archive' to restitution from the Russian Federation. ch. 4. Soviet-captured records and the Special Archive; title: ch. 5. Russian versus Soviet restitution; title: pt. 2. Twice-captured archives come home to Western Europe. ch. 6. France: The return of looted French archives: the case of the Library and Archives of the Alliance Israélite Universelle / Jean-Claude Kuperminc; title: Russo-French legal instruments for archival restitution; title: French archival fonds returned from Russia through 2005; title: ch. 7. Belgium: Papieren Bitte! The confiscation and restitution of Belgian archives and libraries (1940-2003) / Michel Vermote and Jacques Lust; title: Russo-Belgian legal instruments for archival restitution; title: Belgian archival fonds returned from Russia (2002); title: ch. 8. The Netherlands: The return of Dutch archives from Moscow / Eric Ketelaar; title: Dutch-Jewish archives come home from East and West / Odette Vlessing; title: In between a thousand files: data on my Dutch family / Ruben Vis; title: Russo-Dutch legal instruments for archival restitution; title: Dutch archival fonds returned from Russia (2002-2003); title: ch. 9. Luxembourg: Restitution of Luxembourg Masonic archives to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg / Serge Hoffman; title: Russian legal instruments for archival restitution to Luxembourg; title: ch. 10. The Rothschild Archive: The return of the Austrian Rothschild Archives / Victor Gray; title: Russian legal instruments for archival restitution; title: Appendix 1. Russian legal instruments relating to cultural property displaced as a result of the Second World War.