Dr. Fritz Salo Glaser, a German Jewish lawyer and avid collector of modern art, was forced to sell much of his collection under Nazi persecution to support his family and pay discriminatory taxes imposed by the regime. Although he survived the war, many of the works dispersed from his collection remain missing, and his heirs continue efforts to trace and recover artworks lost through decades of persecution and forced sales.

Forced by Nazi persecution to liquidate his Düsseldorf gallery in 1937, Dr. Max Stern lost hundreds of artworks before fleeing Germany and rebuilding his career in Canada. Decades later, the discovery of missing works from his collection led to the creation of the Max Stern Art Restitution Project, which continues to recover and research art lost during the Nazi era.

While Nazi-era art looting has received significant attention, the widespread theft of musical instruments, scores, and other musical materials remains far less understood. Organizations such as Musique et Spoliations are working to uncover this overlooked history, research the thousands of cultural objects seized from Jewish musicians and collectors, and advance efforts to restore Europe's displaced musical heritage.

Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker built one of Europe's most celebrated art collections before fleeing the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. After his tragic death during the family's escape, more than 1,300 artworks were seized through forced transactions involving Nazi officials, sparking a decades-long restitution effort that continues today as heirs work to recover the collection and preserve Goudstikker's legacy.

The film Martha Liebermann: A Stolen Life tells the tragic story of Martha Liebermann, widow of renowned German Jewish artist Max Liebermann, as she faces Nazi persecution in her final years. Drawing on historical events, the film highlights the financial oppression, forced sales of artwork, and confiscation of property that stripped many Jewish families of their cultural heritage, culminating in Martha's death in 1943 as she sought to avoid deportation to a concentration cam

Paul Rosenberg, one of Europe’s leading modern art dealers, fled Nazi-occupied France in 1940 as hundreds of works from his celebrated collection were looted, sparking a decades-long restitution effort that continues through his family today.