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Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP)®

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The Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP) has as

its goal to provide the

best possible information on the

paths of dispersal of many valuable works of

art that

disappeared or changed hands during the course of

the Holocaust.

HARP will aid those searching for lost objects and

teach and share

knowledge with all people about the

art collections that were dispersed at the

hands of the

Nazi government and its collaborators between 1933

and 1945.

Images and stories of found and lost art will

be published and made available

to educators,

scholars and the public.

The mission of HARP is to assemble and share large

amounts of information

for those who need it. It is not

within HARP’s mandate actually to recover the

artworks.