Description
According to the 1998 Federal State Act on the Return of Cultural Objects from Austrian Federal Museums and Collections, the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Culture is required to issue a yearly report to inform the National Council (i.e. Lower Chamber of the Austrian Parliament) on the restitution of works of art.
The fourth Restitution Report covering the period 2001/2002 has been published in German. It is available here and from the website of the Commission for Provenance Research.
The report documents decisions to return cultural property to the heirs of the following:
Emma Schiff-Suvero
Louis de Rothschild
Otto and Livia Brill
Gottlieb Kraus
Wilhelm Freund
Leo and Elise Smoschewer
Otto Klein
Leo Heymann
Jacques Ziegler