Returned from Russia : Nazi archival plunder in Western Europe and recent restitution issues / edited by Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, F.J. Hoogewoud and Eric Ketelaar ; with afterword 2013 by Patricia Kennedy Grimsted.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. From Nazi plunder to Russian restitution / Patricia Kennedy Grimsted. Introduction: Context and perspectives -- A. Patterns of Nazi archival plunder and Soviety Recovery. ch. 1. The Reichsarchiv, the Foreign Office and military records -- ch. 2. Archival loot of the security services and military intelligence -- ch. 3. Archival loot of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) -- B. From the Soviet 'Special Archive' to restitution from the Russian Federation. ch. 4. Soviet-captured records and the Special Archive -- ch. 5. Russian versus Soviet restitution -- pt. 2. Twice-captured archives come home to Western Europe. ch. 6. France: The return of looted French archives: the case of the Library and Archives of the Alliance Israélite Universelle / Jean-Claude Kuperminc -- Russo-French legal instruments for archival restitution -- French archival fonds returned from Russia through 2005 -- ch. 7. Belgium: Papieren Bitte! The confiscation and restitution of Belgian archives and libraries (1940-2003) / Michel Vermote and Jacques Lust -- Russo-Belgian legal instruments for archival restitution -- Belgian archival fonds returned from Russia (2002) -- ch. 8. The Netherlands: The return of Dutch archives from Moscow / Eric Ketelaar -- Dutch-Jewish archives come home from East and West / Odette Vlessing -- In between a thousand files: data on my Dutch family / Ruben Vis -- Russo-Dutch legal instruments for archival restitution -- Dutch archival fonds returned from Russia (2002-2003) -- ch. 9. Luxembourg: Restitution of Luxembourg Masonic archives to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg / Serge Hoffman -- Russian legal instruments for archival restitution to Luxembourg -- ch. 10. The Rothschild Archive: The return of the Austrian Rothschild Archives / Victor Gray -- Russian legal instruments for archival restitution -- Appendix 1. Russian legal instruments relating to cultural property displaced as a result of the Second World War.