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  Our Discoveries and Restitutions 

The Foundation acts on behalf of the art or cultural object in question, without favoritism, without an agenda. It has to date located and returned more than forty objects, including paintings, manuscripts, tapestries and other cultural objects to governments, museums, universities and individuals in the United States, Germany, Italy, and Poland. Most of these objects were in the possession of those who fought in the war (or a relative), who may have taken them as a souvenir without realizing their importance. 

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If you or someone you know has a work of art or cultural object brought home from Europe that may have been displaced during and after WWII, please call our toll-free tip line: 1-866-WWII-ART, or complete an online contact form. We respond to every lead.

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2023 - Painting from Saverne, France

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2021 - Drawings from the National Museum in Warsaw

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2019 - Jan van Huysum from Pitti Palace

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2015 - Paintings from Dessau, Germany

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2013 - Eight Rare Books from the University Library of Naples

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2010 - The Linz Album 

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2023 - Bull by Pope PIus IX dated June 24, 1862

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2020 - Bernardo Bellotto "The Marketplace at Pirna"

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2016 - Donation to the Dallas Holocaust Museum

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2015 - Symbol of Anthropology

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2011 - Eisenhower's Recording at the Metropolitan Museum

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2007/2014 - ERR Albums 6, 7, 8, and 15

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2022 - Eight coins and a statue of "The Tailor of Ulm"

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2019 - Cane once owned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria

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2016 - Flemish Tapestry from Hitler's Eagles Nest

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2015 - Paintings from the Collection of Queen Victoria

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2011 - Bust of Isabella d'Este at the Kimbell Art Museum

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2007 - "Saint Justa" and "Saint Rufina" at SMU

Discoveries
Restitutions

“Still stunned and overwhelmed by the experience, we can only say Thank You for all you and the Foundation have done.”
Jeff Tross, son of WWII Veteran Irving Tross on the occasion of the return of eight rare books to Italy.

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