Schriftenreihe Der Forschungsstelle Prov Die Schweizerische Restitutionspraxis Im Lichte Der Washingtoner Prinzipien, Book 6, (Paperback)

Switzerland, one of the signatory states of the 1998 Washington Declaration, has thus far neither established an institution for dealing with Nazi-looted art nor a legal framework for implementing the Washington Principles. Consequently, due to the absence of standardized normative guidelines, an amorphous and contourless practice of decision-making has emerged, which has not yet been the subject of in-depth research. Simultaneously, the implementation of the Washington Principles through the establishment of a commission in Switzerland is currently the subject of intense discussion. This publication provides a first systematic inventory of Switzerland's restitution practices and derives a coherent system from the findings.