Fair and just solutions

Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Abbreviations xv

1 Introduction 1
by the editor

Part I Status Quo

2 Sources of Inspiration: Old and New Rules for Looted Art 13
Evelien Campfens

3 National Panels Advising on Nazi-looted Artin Austria, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany – A Brief Overview 41
Annemarie Marck and Eelke Muller

4 Just and Fair Solutions – A View from the United States 91
Douglas Davidson

“Ultimately, the Applicant Needs to Feel that Justice Has Been Done” – An
Interview with Alfred Jacobsen 103
Annemarie Marck and Marleen Schoonderwoerd

Part II Discussion Stakeholders on Fair and Just

5 Panel Discussion 111
Edited by Floris Kunert and Evelien Campfens

6 A Fruitful Discussion 135
Rob Polak

“We Want to Honour the Memory of Our Great-grandparents” – An Interview with Ella Andriesse and Robert Sturm 141
Annemarie Marck and Marleen Schoonderwoerd


Part III How Can We Do Better?

7 The Best We Can Do? – Exploring a Collegiate Approach to Holocaust-related Claims 153
Norman Palmer

8 Just and Fair Solutions: An Analysis of International Practice and Trends 187
Marc-André Renold and Alessandro Chechi

9 Key Elements of Just and Fair Solutions –The Case for a Restatement of Restitution Principles 201
Matthias Weller
10 Between Justice and Legal Closure – Looted Art Claims and the Passage of Time 211
Wouter Veraart

“A Joyful Windfall” – An Interview with Bas van Lier 223
Annemarie Marck and Marleen Schoonderwoerd

11 Final Remarks 231
by the editor

Appendices 241
1 Inter-Allied Declaration against Acts of Dispossession committed in Territories under Enemy Occupation or Control 243
2 Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-confiscated Art 245
3 Resolution 1205 (1999) on Looted Jewish Cultural Property of the Council of Europe 247
4 Vilnius Forum Declaration (2000) 251
5 European Parliament Resolution (2003) 253
6 Terezín Declaration (2009) 261

7 Draft UNESCO Declaration of Principles Relating to Cultural Objects Displaced in Connection with the Second World War (2009) 267
8 Bundesgesetz über die Rückgabe von Kunstgegenständen aus den Österreichischen Bundesmuseen und Sammlungen – [Federal Act Regarding the Restitution of Artworks from Austrian Federal Museums and Collections] 271
9 Décret n°99-778 du 10 septembre 1999 instituant la CIVS – [Decree No. 99-778 of 10 September 1999 establishing a commission for the compensation of victims of spoliations resulting from the antiSemitic legislation in force during the Occupation] 279
10 Spoliation Advisory Panel, constitution and terms of reference 285
11 Decree Advisory Committee on the Assessment of Restitution Applications for Items of Cultural Value and the Second World War 289
12 Absprache zwischen Bund, Ländern und kommunalen Spitzenverbänden zur Einsetzung einer Beratenden Kommission im Zusammenhang mit der Rückgabe NS-verfolgungsbedingt entzogenen Kulturguts, insbesondere aus jüdischem Besitz 293
13 The Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009 295
14 Parallel or Analogous Claims 299

Index 303
About the Authors 307