Thanks for the most part to funding made possible by the Arbeitsstelle für Provenienzrecherche/-forschung, AfP (Bureau for Provenance Investigation & Research) in Berlin, many libraries in Germany have developed projects dedicated to tracking down Nazi loot in their holdings. The conditions in these institutions vary greatly, with regard to determining provenance as well as taking into account the extent to which the National Socialists redistributed the confiscated property for their own benefit. Thus, several important and essential research projects have been formed, for example, the Bergungsstelle (Center for Archival Recovery) in Berlin, which extensively analyses records, as well as the efforts to investigate the role of the Reichstauschstelle (Central Exchange Authority) that are carried out by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin (Berlin State Library).

Nazi Loot Restitution and Identification Efforts in German Libraries

• Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (SPK)
• Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (Historische Sammlungen)
• Centrum Judaicum Berlin
• Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek Hannover
• Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
• Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
• Universitätsbibliothek Marburg
• Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Klassik Stiftung Weimar

Nazi Loot Restitution and Identification Efforts in Austrian Libraries

Several Austrian libraries have also developed important projects dedicated to locating Nazi loot, for example:

• Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien
• Wienbibliothek im Rathaus
• Universitätsbibliothek Wien
• Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol
• Universitätsbibliothek Salzburg