Looted!

This book illuminates the mechanisms of systematic pillaging in the occupied countries of Western Europe. Contributions to an international symposium present current issues related to provenance research and restitution. This is both a documentation of the exhibition “Ausgeraubt! Neue Fragen zur Geschichte Luxemburgs während des Zweiten Weltkrieges” as well as an analysis of the response to the exhibition. The focus is on the historic aspects of plundering, the players and interests in provenance research, the legal framework, government commissions, museums, art detectives and auction houses.