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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.

Restitution of Historic Seals from the Coffin of King Frederick William I of Prussia

2025 - Historic Seals from Coffin of Frederick William I

Painting from Saverne, France

2023 - Painting from Saverne, France

Works on Paper from the National Museum in Warsaw

2021 - Drawings from the National Museum in Warsaw

Offenbach Collecting Point Album and Menorah

2016 - Donation to the Dallas Holocaust Museum

Symbol of Anthropology

2015 - Symbol of Anthropology

Bust of Isabella d'Este

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

ERR Albums

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

Paintings from the Schloss Collection

2025 - Paintings from the Schloss Collection

Papal Bull by Pius IX Returned to Italy

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

Jan van Huysum’s “Vase of Flowers”

2019 - Jan van Huysum from Pitti Palace

Flemish Tapestry

2016 - Flemish Tapestry from Hitler's Eagles Nest

Paintings from East Germany

2015 - Paintings from the Collection of Queen Victoria

Eisenhower's Recording

2011 - Eisenhower's Recording at the Metropolitan Museum

The Murillo Paintings at the Meadows Museum, SMU

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

Wiescherhöfen Volunteer Fire Department Parade Banner Returned to Germany

2024 - Fire Department Parade Banner

Sculpture of Albrecht Berblinger, the “Flying Tailor from Ulm” and Nine Coins

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

Bavarian Royal Cane

2019 - Cane once owned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria

Paintings Formerly in the Collection of Queen Victoria

2015 - Paintings from Dessau, Germany

Eight Rare Books to Italy

2013 - Eight Rare Books from the University Library of Naples

Linz Album

2010 - The Linz Album

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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