Nazi Looted Art - Order book

Dr. Monika Tatzkow

Studied history at Humboldt University, Berlin

Doctoral dissertation in 1986 on the fate of private industry in the GDR

Historian at the Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin

NATO Research Fellow from 1990-91 in area of democratic institutions

Established Dr. Tatzkow & Partner, Research and Documentation Services

Regarding Restitution Matters, Berlin, since 1992: research for major decisions of

the highest German courts (on foreign assets in 1945-49, expropriations by the

occupying powers and in the GDR); investigations in the context of "Swiss gold";

Research into looted art since 1998 (investigations resulted in the first instances

worldwide of works of art being returned to their former owners – in accordance

with the Washington Principles – in Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Worldwide research (USA, Switzerland, England, Russia), cooperation with former

owners and current owners (particularly museums) in all major countries

publications on expropriations in East Germany/GDR, Jewish entrepreneurs

and art collectors, first exhibition showcasing an art collection that was lost due

to Nazi persecution at the Jewish Museum, Berlin, 2004.