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Chairman of the Central Registry is <a href="https://www.state.gov/appointment-of-ambassador-stuart-e-eizenstat-as-special-adviser-on-holocaust-issues/"><span style="color: #d17416;">Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat</span></a> who hosted the <a href="https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/eur/wash_conf_material.html"><span style="color: #d17416;">1998 Washington Conference</span></a>. Ambassador Eizenstat has led the major initiatives on looted cultural property of recent years, including the devising and endorsing of the <a href="https://www.state.gov/washington-conference-principles-on-nazi-confiscated-art/"><span style="color: #d17416;">Washington Principles</span></a> and of the <a href="/MFV7EE39608"><span style="color: #d17416;">Vilnius Declaration</span></a>, and the establishing of the <a href="https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/collections/show/20"><span style="color: #d17416;">US Presidential Commission on Holocaust-Era </span><span style="color: #d17416;">Assets</span></a>.</p> <p>The work of the Central Registry includes:</p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Documenting the fate of families, works of art and institutions. </li> <li>Monitoring the extent of implementation of the <a href="https://www.state.gov/washington-conference-principles-on-nazi-confiscated-art/">Washington Principles</a> and other national and international policy developments. </li> <li>Providing guidance and orientation for families, institutions, the art trade, and the academic community </li> <li>Conducting original research and publishing primary sources on the cultural spoliation of Europe in the Nazi era. </li> </ul> <p>This site is continually updated. Please email us at <a href="mailto:info@lootedart.com">info@lootedart.com</a> with any new research, publications, cases, policy initiatives or other relevant information.</p> <p>If you have any comments about the usability of the site, or know of any information which could be added to it, please contact us at <a href="mailto:info@lootedart.com">info@lootedart.com</a>, or write to us at:</p> <p>76 Gloucester Place<br />London W1U 6HJ<br />England<br />Tel: +44 (0)20 7487 3401<br />Fax: +44 (0)20 7487 4211</p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">For further information about Staff, the International Advisory Board, How to Help Us, and Volunteer Opportunities, click on the links on the left.</span></p> <p> </p> <div class="toplink"> <img src="/web_images/structure/back2top.gif" alt="" /> <a href="#top">Back to top</a> </div> </div> <div class="copy"><ul class="bottommenu"><ul class="bottommenu"><li><a href="/terms-and-conditions">Terms & Conditions</a></li> </ul></ul>© website copyright Central Registry 2025 <br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.oxford-web.co.uk/oxford-web-designers">website by oxford web</a> </div> </div><!--outer--> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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