Memorial - Dieter Opper

Editorial

Russian Edition of "Spoils of War"

International Discussion of the Russian Law

• Federal Law on Cultural Values Removed to the U.S.S.R. as a Result of World War II and Located in the Territory of the Russian Federation
• A Bill which Faces the Past Victor Akulenko
• The Russian Law on Removed Cultural Property: Some International Law Remarks Pierre d'Argent
• About the Basic Legal Principles of the Russian Law Mark Boguslavskii
• Hungarian Considerations Regarding the Russian Law on Cultural Property József Gehér
• The Russian Bill to Nationalize Trophy Art: An American Perspective Thomas R. Kline
• Russian Law: The Polish Perspective Wojciech Kowalski
• Comment on the Russian Federal Law of 1997 on Cultural Values Kurt Siehr

• Legal Issues
  • Introduction to International Law of Restitution of Works of Art Looted during Armed Conflicts. Part III Wojciech Kowalski
  • On the Restitution to Italy of Cultural Property Removed to Germany during the Second World War under the Terms of the 1947 Treaty of Peace Carlo Focarelli
• Library Losses
  • Catalogue of the Books from the SĀrospatak Collection in the Nizhny Novgorod Library. Further DevelopmentsGalina Kislovskaya
  • Valuable Books from Hungary in Nizhny Novgorod Lászlo Nagy
• Publications
  • Review of the Russian Press for 1997 on the Question of the Restitution of Cultural Values Evgenia Korkmasova
  • Proceedings of Amsterdam Symposium (1996) Published Frits J. Hoogewoud
  • Hungarian Publications on the Spoils of War István Fodor
• Conferences
  • International Conference "Libraries, Books, Ideology during the Second World War" in Jurmala (Latvia) Andrzej Mezynski
  • Conference "Property and Restitution - A Moral Responsibility to History" in Geneva Shimon Samuels
  • Conference "The Restitution of Cultural Treasures: Problems of Repatriation and Common Usage" in Minsk Alexander Fedoruk
• The Role of UNESCO "Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property" in the Resolution of Disputes Concerning Cultural Property Removed in Consequence of the Second World War Lyndel Prott
• Judaica Librarians Visit Vilnius Zachary M. Baker
• For Germany and Themselves: the Motivation behind the Nazi Leaders Plundering and Collecting of Art. Part I Jonathan Petropoulos
• The Oval Hall Salon in the Library for Foreign Literature Devoted to Restitution Problems Leonid Sitnikov

Country Reports

• Belgium Jacques Lust and Nicolas Vanhove
• Belorussia Adam Maldzis
• France Robert Fohr and Guillaume de la Broise
• Germany Doris Lemmermeier
• Hungary István Fodor
• Italy Mario Bondioli-Osio
• Luxemburg Paul Dostert

Archival reports

• International Institute of Social History (IISH): Present Cooperation with Russia on Microfilm Project Peter Manasse
• The Computer Database of the Hungarian National Gallery Lászlo Mrávik
• American Restitutions to the Soviet Union after World War II Ulrike Hartung

Restitutions

• Return of a Tischbein Painting to Weimar Thomas Föhl

Bibliography

• Books and Articles on General Aspects
• Books and Articles on Specific Countries

• Victor Baldin Died
• One Gutman Case Settled in U.S.
• Walter Farmer Awarded
• Objects of the Amber Room Found in Germany
• German Freemason Document Found in U.S.
• Unusual Recovery of Artworks in Darmstadt

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