The German Historical Museum in Berlin has launched a complete online catalogue of Hitler's famous Linz Collection.   Hitler bought and stole the artworks between the mid 1930s and 1945 with the aim of exhibiting the collection in a museum in Linz, Austria.  After the war, the Alies photographed and catalogued each of the 4,731 pieces, including paintings and sculptures as well as furniture and works in porcelain.  In the six decades since, the works have been scattered, distributed to museums in Germany and across Europe or returned to their original owners.  The collection appears online, in German only, with information about the original owner and current location of each work of art, when available, and is fully searchable.  

Photographs of the 74 paintings and two tapestries in 'Katalog der Privat-Gallerie Adolf Hitlers', a photographic catalogue of Hitler's private art collection, have been posted online by the US Library of Congress. 

The lists of works of art for which immunity from seizure is currently sought by UK museums are available online.  The UK's Protection for Cultural Objects on Loan Act 2007 provides immunity from seizure for works of art brought into the UK for temporary exhibition.  The legislation requires museums to publish a list of works intended to be brought into the UK for at least one month prior to the exhbition, with photographs and full provenance details of each object for which immunity is sought.  Currently the V&A Museum and the Henry Moore Foundation are seeking immunity for their forthcoming exhibitions,  'Cold War Modern. Design, 1945-70 ' , 25 September 2008 - 11 January 2009, and Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts at the Henry Moore Institute, 1 October 2008 - 4 January 2009.  The list of proposed V&A loans can be seen here.  The list of proposed Henry Moore loans can be seen here.  Details of loans to the current exhibition at the Tate Liverpool 'Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900' can be seen here and those to the British Museum's 'Hadrian: Empire and Conflict' can be seen here.  The MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) provides a link on its website to all current listings of proposed or existing loans covered by the legislation.

The Nuremberg Municipal Library has published a first list of 115 former owners from Nuremberg and Franconia of looted books in its collection whose heirs are being sought. Click here for details and further information.

On 1 July 2008 the Commission for Looted Art in Europe announced the recovery of three rare 4th century gold glasses, looted from the Działyńska Collection at Gołuchów Castle in Poland in 1941, and found in the collection of the Israel Museum Jerusalem. To read the Commission's Press Release,click here.   On 6 May 2008 the Commission for Looted Art in Europe announced the return of a Limoges enamel processional cross from Austria to the Działyńska heirs 67 years after it was looted by the Nazis in Warsaw. To read the Commission's Press Release, click here.

Restitution decisions: All restitution decisions made by the Austrian authorities since 1998 for works in federal institutions are listed online on the website of the Vienna Commission for Provenance Research (Kommission für Provenienzforschung). The decisions, made under the December 1998 Restitution Law, are recorded according to the names of the 129 individuals and families from whom the works of art were expropriated. Each decision is provided in full and sets out both the reasons for restitution and the details of the works of art to be restituted.