Report to the public on the work of the Commission for the Compensation of Victims of Spoliations Resulting from the Anti-Semitic Legislation in Force During the Occupation (CIVS) 2020

Abstract : Compensation for losses incurred - Reparations for bank-related spoliation - Searching for victims’ heirs - Appeals - Implementation of the GDPR - Results of the audit - Second annual Franco-German “Spoliated Art” workshop - “La mémoire au défi” round table - Promoting the testimonial of Holocaust survivors - Round table/concert "Degenerate music": thoughts on contemporary memorial culture from a Franco-German perspective - Support for the “Rose Valland: en quête de l’art spolié” exhibition - Nicolas Rousseau canvas returned to France - Three works from national collections, which vanished during World War II, are returned to France - Network of European Restitution Committees: an overview of Year 2 - Self-referral: Restitution of spoliated books, Conservation of works in Germany, Two examples of self-referrals: Stern and Mandel cases - Cases referred to CIVS by the Ministry of Culture: MNR 645, MNR 32 and OAR 64, REC 95, 99, 115 and 117 (referral of 17 July 2020), MNR 708 and 709 - Cooperation with M2RS: Investigation of spoliation cases, Pooling of information and archive feedback, Joint follow-up, New resources made available to M2RS - New plenary sessions: Greater diversity of profiles, Impacts on the organisation of hearings, First recommended restitution: the Pechstein case