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Rudolf BITTMANN

Rudolf BITTMANN

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Alfred HOFMANN

Alfred HOFMANN

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Alice STEIN

Alice STEIN

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Arthur ROSTHORN

Arthur ROSTHORN

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BELGIUM

BELGIUM

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Caroline CZECZOWICZKA

Caroline CZECZOWICZKA

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David GOLDMANN

David GOLDMANN

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Emerich ULLMANN

Emerich ULLMANN

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Emma BUDGE

Emma BUDGE

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Ernst BUNZL

Ernst BUNZL

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Ernst DUB

Ernst DUB

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Familie SCHWARZENBERG

Familie SCHWARZENBERG

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Franz RUHMANN

Franz RUHMANN

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Gertrude SCHÜLLER

Gertrude SCHÜLLER

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Jacques ZIEGLER

Jacques ZIEGLER

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Karl RUHMANN

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Klara STEINER-MERTENS

Klara STEINER-MERTENS

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Michael BEROLZHEIMER

Michael BEROLZHEIMER

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Nathan EIDINGER

Nathan EIDINGER

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Paul CAHN-SPEYER

Paul CAHN-SPEYER

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Richard WEISS

Richard WEISS

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Rudolf GUTMANN

Rudolf GUTMANN

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Valentine SPRINGER

Valentine SPRINGER

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Willibald DUSCHNITZ

Willibald DUSCHNITZ

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Hermine SCHÜTZ

Hermine SCHÜTZ

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Isak WUNDERLICH

Isak WUNDERLICH

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Emma SCHIFF-SUVERO

Emma SCHIFF-SUVERO

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Louis ROTHSCHILD

Louis ROTHSCHILD

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Alphonse and Clarice ROTHSCHILD

Alphonse and Clarice ROTHSCHILD

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Heinrich ROTHBERGER

Heinrich ROTHBERGER

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Anton REDLICH

Anton REDLICH

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Siegfried RADIN

Siegfried RADIN

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Albert POLLAK

Albert POLLAK

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Ernst POLLACK

Ernst POLLACK

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Stefan POGLAYEN-NEUWALL

Stefan POGLAYEN-NEUWALL

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Wilhelm MÜLLER-HOFMANN

Wilhelm MÜLLER-HOFMANN

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Elise and Erich MÜLLER

Elise and Erich MÜLLER

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Anna KUTSCHER

Anna KUTSCHER

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Emil IWNICKI

Emil IWNICKI

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Maximilian KULKA

Maximilian KULKA

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Wilhelm KIMBEL

Wilhelm KIMBEL

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Friederike and Siegfried HERZEL

Friederike and Siegfried HERZEL

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Cistercian Abbey of HEILIGENKREUZ-NEUKLOSTER Priory

Cistercian Abbey of HEILIGENKREUZ-NEUKLOSTER Priory

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Erny and Richard GOMBRICH

Erny and Richard GOMBRICH

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Siegfried FUCHS

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Ferdinand BLOCH-BAUER

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PROVENANCE RESEARCH AND RESTITUTION AT THE MAK

Based on the Art Restitution Law, the MAK began reviewing the collection in 1998 with regard to objects that had been seized during the Nazi era. In the Nazi era (1938–1945), over 4 200 pieces of art, more than 4 600 works on paper, and around 2 000 books were inventoried at the then State Arts and Crafts Museum in Vienna. Completing the detailed review of these acquisitions is the medium-term goal of the provenance research at the MAK. 
 
In addition, the objects inventoried after 1945 are reviewed with regard to restitutions that were not carried out and potential expropriations during National Socialism. 
 
In 2009, the Art Restitution Law was amended. As a consequence, all seizures during Nazi rule also outside of Austria are now covered by the law. Therefore, the period under review was extended by the years 1933 to 1938. The corresponding investigations have already been implemented by the provenance research at the MAK. 
 
The investigations take place in consultation with the Head of the Commission for Provenance Research. Since 1998, more than 90 dossiers have been created and handed over to the Art Restitution Advisory Board. Based on the respective decisions of the Art Restitution Advisory Board, more than 470 objects have been resituated since 1999. 
 

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MAK Provenance Research Officer: Rainald Franz
rainald.franz@MAK.at
T +43 1 711 36-220
 
Researcher on behalf of the Commission for Provenance Research: Leonhard Weidinger
leonhard.weidinger@MAK.at
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
In 1998, the Art Restitution Law on the restitution of art and cultural objects seized during the Nazi era and now owned by the Republic was passed by the National Council of the Republic of Austria. In 2009, the Art Restitution Law was amended. 
 
Since then, the review of the Republic’s collection has been conducted and coordinated by the Commission for Provenance Research. The Commission presents the dossiers on the individual cases to the Art Restitution Advisory Board which in turn advises the Minister in charge with regard to restituting the objects to their original owners or their legal successor. If the Minister agrees to the Advisory Board’s recommendation of restitution, the heirs of the former owners are identified and the handing over of the objects initiated. If an object is considered to have been seized but the previous owners cannot be determined or the search for them or their heirs remains unsuccessful, this object is handed over to the National Fund of the Austrian Republic. 
 
At the MAK, the Provenance Research is in charge of, on the one hand, systematically reviewing the museum’s collection with regard to seized objects and, on the other hand, creating the dossiers for the Commission or the Advisory Board. The most important sources besides the objects themselves are the inventory books and the MAK Archive. Additionally, investigations are also conducted in the Archive of the Federal Monuments Office, the Austrian State Archive, Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna, and in other archives. Publications and online platforms are also included in the research. 
 
Very specific for the Provenance Research at the MAK is that most objects were created as artisan products and are often not unique. Definite proof that the art object at the MAK is identical with the one seized in the Nazi era is partly only possible after intensive investigations.  
 
RESTITUTIONS FROM THE MAK COLLECTIONS 1947-1964

RESTITUTIONS 1947–1964

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RESTITUTIONS 1999–today

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CASES OF THE PROVENANCE RESEARCH AT THE MAK

The following list contains all cases in which the Art Restitution Advisory Board has made decisions based on the dossiers by the Provenance Research at the MAK as well as those cases in which the objects seized in the Nazi era were already restituted in the postwar period (1947–1964). The list is continuously updated. “MAK” here also refers to all former names of the museum. 

 
- Samuel and Gittel BAUER
- BELGIUM
- Michael BEROLZHEIMER
- Rudolf BITTMANN
- Ferdinand BLOCH-BAUER
- Emma BUDGE
- Ernst BUNZL
- Paul CAHN-SPEYER
- Caroline CZECZOWICZKA
- Ernst DUB
- Willibald DUSCHNITZ
- Nathan EIDINGER
- Siegfried FUCHS
- David GOLDMANN
- Erny and Richard GOMBRICH
- Rudolf GUTMANN
- Stift HEILIGENKREUZ-NEUKLOSTER
- Friederike and Siegfried HERZEL
- Alfred HOFMANN
- Emil IWNICKI
- Wilhelm KIMBEL
- Maximilian KULKA
- Anna KUTSCHER

- Elise und Erich MÜLLER
- Wilhelm MÜLLER-HOFMANN
- Stefan POGLAYEN-NEUWALL
- Ernst POLLACK
- Albert POLLAK
- Siegfried RADIN
- Anton REDLICH
- Arthur ROSTHORN
- Heinrich ROTHBERGER
- Alphonse and Clarice ROTHSCHILD
- Louis ROTHSCHILD
- Franz RUHMANN
- Karl RUHMANN
- Emma SCHIFF-SUVERO
- Gertrude SCHÜLLER
- Hermine SCHÜTZ
- Familie SCHWARZENBERG
- Valentine SPRINGER
- Alice STEIN
- Klara STEINER-MERTENS
- Emerich ULLMANN
- Richard WEISS
- Isak WUNDERLICH
- Jacques ZIEGLER

 

Rudolf BITTMANN

Rudolf BITTMANN

Alfred HOFMANN

Alfred HOFMANN

Alice STEIN

Alice STEIN

Arthur ROSTHORN

Arthur ROSTHORN

BELGIUM

BELGIUM

Caroline CZECZOWICZKA

Caroline CZECZOWICZKA

David GOLDMANN

David GOLDMANN

Emerich ULLMANN

Emerich ULLMANN

Emma BUDGE

Emma BUDGE

Ernst BUNZL

Ernst BUNZL

Ernst DUB

Ernst DUB

Familie SCHWARZENBERG

Familie SCHWARZENBERG

Franz RUHMANN

Franz RUHMANN

Gertrude SCHÜLLER

Gertrude SCHÜLLER

Jacques ZIEGLER

Jacques ZIEGLER

Karl RUHMANN

Karl RUHMANN

Klara STEINER-MERTENS

Klara STEINER-MERTENS

Michael BEROLZHEIMER

Michael BEROLZHEIMER

Nathan EIDINGER

Nathan EIDINGER

Paul CAHN-SPEYER

Paul CAHN-SPEYER

Richard WEISS

Richard WEISS

Rudolf GUTMANN

Rudolf GUTMANN

Valentine SPRINGER

Valentine SPRINGER

Willibald DUSCHNITZ

Willibald DUSCHNITZ

Hermine SCHÜTZ

Hermine SCHÜTZ

Isak WUNDERLICH

Isak WUNDERLICH

Emma SCHIFF-SUVERO

Emma SCHIFF-SUVERO

Louis ROTHSCHILD

Louis ROTHSCHILD

Alphonse and Clarice ROTHSCHILD

Alphonse and Clarice ROTHSCHILD

Heinrich ROTHBERGER

Heinrich ROTHBERGER

Anton REDLICH

Anton REDLICH

Siegfried RADIN

Siegfried RADIN

Albert POLLAK

Albert POLLAK

Ernst POLLACK

Ernst POLLACK

Stefan POGLAYEN-NEUWALL

Stefan POGLAYEN-NEUWALL

Wilhelm MÜLLER-HOFMANN

Wilhelm MÜLLER-HOFMANN

Elise and Erich MÜLLER

Elise and Erich MÜLLER

Anna KUTSCHER

Anna KUTSCHER

Emil IWNICKI

Emil IWNICKI

Maximilian KULKA

Maximilian KULKA

Wilhelm KIMBEL

Wilhelm KIMBEL

Friederike and Siegfried HERZEL

Friederike and Siegfried HERZEL

Cistercian Abbey of HEILIGENKREUZ-NEUKLOSTER Priory

Cistercian Abbey of HEILIGENKREUZ-NEUKLOSTER Priory

Erny and Richard GOMBRICH

Erny and Richard GOMBRICH

Siegfried FUCHS

Siegfried FUCHS

Ferdinand BLOCH-BAUER

Ferdinand BLOCH-BAUER

Samuel and Gittel BAUER

Samuel and Gittel BAUER

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