Grelka, Frank
ENTZUG, TRANSFER, TRANSIT: Menschen, Objekte, Orte und Ereignisse. 20 Jahre Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.
The publication of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e. V. focuses on past debates, current developments and future perspectives of the research field. The contributions highlight specific seizure processes related to colonial contexts, the Nazi looting of cultural property or expropriations in the Soviet Occupation Zone and the GDR that are significant for the respective subject. Not least based on the history of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung and its more than twenty years of activity, aspects of the historical and current handling of looted and stolen property are illuminated and critically examined in relation to the conflicting demands of cultural policy, the group's own scholarly aspirations, and the actual working practices of the researchers.
