Report 2002 of the Dutch Advisory Committee on the Assessment of Restitution Applications for Items of Cultural Value and the Second World War

The Advisory Committee on the assessment of restitution applications for item of cultural value and the Second War, knows as Restitution Commitee, was set up by Decree of the State secretary for the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCenW) dated 16 November 2001 for a period of three years. Under this Decree, the Restitutions Committee has been given the task of providing the State secretary for OCenW with independant advice in respect of individual applications for the restitution of items of cultural value that the owner involuntarily lost possession of, due to circumstances directly related to the Nazi regime.