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Ask focused questions about artists, collections, restitution, transfer history, and archival provenance.

Searchable fields

Field descriptions for the collection database.

Artwork details

Artist: Name of the artist.
Title: Title of the artwork.
Medium: Type of work, such as painting, sculpture, or decorative art.
Description: Recorded description of the artwork.
Measurements: Recorded dimensions or measurements.
Framed: Available information about whether the artwork is framed.
Signed: Available information about an artist signature.

Ownership and collection

Owner: Recorded owner of the artwork.
Collection: Named collection or holding group associated with the artwork.

Provenance and sources

Provenance and Comments: Provenance narrative and related catalog comments.
Archival Sources: Archive references associated with the artwork.
Literature: Published references associated with the artwork.

Movement

Intake Date: Recorded date the artwork entered the archive.
Intake Place: Recorded place of intake.
Intake Year: Numeric year derived from the intake date.
Intake Month: Numeric month derived from the intake date.
Transfer Date: Recorded date of transfer.
Transfer Place: Recorded destination or place of transfer.
Transfer Year: Numeric year derived from the transfer date.
Transfer Month: Numeric month derived from the transfer date.
Repatriation Date: Recorded date of repatriation.
Repatriation Year: Numeric year derived from the repatriation date.
Repatriation Month: Numeric month derived from the repatriation date.
Repatriated to France: Whether the artwork was recorded as repatriated to France.
Repatriated to Belgium: Whether the artwork was recorded as repatriated to Belgium.
Repatriated to Holland: Whether the artwork was recorded as repatriated to Holland.
Restitution Date: Recorded date the artwork was restituted.
Restitution Year: Numeric year derived from the restitution date.
Restitution Month: Numeric month derived from the restitution date.
Restituted: Whether the artwork was recorded as restituted.

Identifiers

Artwork ID: Unique identifier for the artwork record.
Aussee Number: Identifier associated with the Aussee records.
Inventory Number: Recorded inventory identifier.
Linz Number: Identifier associated with the Linz collection.
Munich Number: Identifier associated with the Munich records.
Shipment Number: Identifier associated with an artwork shipment.

Status and images

Slated for Destruction: Whether the artwork was marked for destruction.
Image ID: Identifier for an associated image record.
Image URL: Web address for an associated artwork image.

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Acknowledgement & Disclaimer Hide Show

This website incorporates data derived from Cultural Plunder by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg: Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume (errproject.org/jeudepaume), a project of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) and the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO), hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. We gratefully acknowledge the Claims Conference–WJRO for creating this resource and making these historical records publicly available. Users should also review the terms and disclaimers published on the database's own website. Researchers seeking digital copies of the original archival sources are encouraged to consult the Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project (jdcrp.org) and its Legacy Explorer (explorer.rjlegacy.org).

The Assistant's data is refreshed periodically against the source database. Data last refreshed: [7/16/2025]. Corrections or updates made to the source database after that date may not yet be reflected in the Assistant's responses.

This website uses artificial intelligence (AI) to support data search, retrieval, and question answering. The responses may contain inaccuracies, omissions, or misinterpretations and should not be considered authoritative. Users are encouraged to verify important information against the original source records.

This website is intended solely for research and educational purposes. The AI-generated content is provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for the original archival records or expert historical research.