"The West" Versus "The East" or the United Europe?

October 8-9, 2013
Podebrady, Czech Republic

The different conceptions of provenance research, documentation and identification of looted cultural assets and the possibilities of international co-operation in Europe and in the world, Podebrady, Czech Republic

5th International Conference held under the auspices of Alena Hanakova, Minister of Culture Karel Schwarzenberg, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, October 8 – 9, 2013, the Spa Town of Podebrady, Czech Republic.

The international conference will point to the diverse conceptions and interpretations of provenance research implemented mainly in the European countries as well as in the world and will also highlight the requests made on this research by the various subjects of the restitution process.We believe to bring together all those, whose activities are focused on the Nazi-era looted cultural objects and their return back to the original owners or their heirs.

Conference organised by the Czech Documentation Centre for Property Transfers of Cultural Assets of WW II Victims

Conference program as a pdf.