Notification by the State of the Netherlands: 4 April 2007: Final Closing Date for Restitution Applications; ``Cultural Objects and the Second World War''.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Following the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945, many works of art that had been confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. or purchased by the German occupying forces were brought back to the Netherlands. These works came into the custody of the State of the Netherlands and formed the "NK collection" (named after the SNK SNK Shin Nihon Kikaku (Japanese: New Japan Product; video game manufacturer) SNK Strong Name Key (.Net file extension) SNK Shin Nihon Kikaku Corporation (Japan) , Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit). The NK collection consists of 4,217 works of art. In some cases the owners were Jewish. Since 2001, the Netherlands has pursued a liberalized restitution In the context of Criminal Law, state programs under which an offender is required, as a condition of his or her sentence, to repay money or donate services to the victim or society; with respect to maritime law, the restoration of articles lost by jettison, done when the policy for cultural objects from the NK collection that, as a result of the Second World War, were involuntarily in·vol·un·tar·y adj. 1. Acting or done without or against one's will: an involuntary participant in what turned out to be an argument. 2. lost by the then owners, provided they belonged to a persecuted group. The Restitutions Committee (Adviescommissie restitutieverzoeken cultuurgoederen en Tweede Wereldoorlog) advises the State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science on individual applications for the post-war restitution of cultural objects that are currently in the custody of the State of the Netherlands. Under the liberalized restitution policy, written applications for restitution may be submitted no later than 4 April 2007. Please send your application (including the grounds for your request) to the: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Attn State Secretary for Culture Postbus 16375 2500 BJ Den Haag The Netherlands A short factsheet with further details can be found on the website of the Consulate General consulate general n. pl. consulates general The consulate occupied by a consul general. of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Los Angeles: www.ncla.org The site also indicates who you can contact if you have any questions. Additional information on Dutch restitution policy, the Restitutions Committee and the submission of claims, as well as specific information on the objects in the NK collection, is available in Dutch and English on the following websites: www.minocw.nl www.restitutiecommissie.nl www.herkomstgezocht.nl or www.originsunknown.org |
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