Mobile display case

on »Nazi-confiscated property at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar«: The mobile display case presents an object from the collections of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar which curators have identified as Nazi-confiscated property.

Mobile display case on »Nazi-confiscated property at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar«
Mobile display case on »Nazi-confiscated property at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar«, Klassik Stiftung Weimar

During and following the years of National Socialism, the former institutions which now belong to the Klassik Stiftung Weimar today, acquired cultural assets which had been illegally confiscated by the Nazis. The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is now systematically investigating the provenance of these works and seeking fair and just solutions with their legitimate owners.

Since November 2015 the Klassik Stiftung Weimar has presented a mobile display case to inform visitors about these ongoing activities. In 2018 the case was redesigned for greater handicap accessibility. It is displayed rotationally in the foyers and lobbies of the collection-holding institutions of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. It contains various objects identified as Nazi-confiscated property, sheds light on the fates of their former owners and documents the investigative methods of the provenance research carried out within the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.

Current location

From December 2022: Goethe- and Schiller-Archiv (presented case: Josefine Lechner)

June to November 2022: Goethe National Museum – Foyer (presented case: Michael Berolzheimer)

December 2021 to May 2022: Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek – Book Cube (presented case: On the track of suspect books)

June to November 2021: Goethe National Museum – Foyer (presented case: Michael Berolzheimer)

September 2020 to May 2021: Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv – Foyer (presented case: Josefine Lechner)

June to July 2020: Goethe National Museum – Foyer (presented case: Ernst Polaczek)

Projects of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the State Chancellery of Thuringia, Department of Culture and the Arts.