Vilnius international forum on holocaust-era looted cultural assets Vilnius, Lithuania (October 3-5, 2000)

ENResolution 1205 (1999) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on “Looted Jewish Cultural Property” called for “the organization of a European conference, further to that held in Washington on the Holocaust-era assets, with special reference to the return of cultural property and the relevant legislative reform.” The Government of Lithuania offered to host such a conference, which was attended by representatives from thirty-seven states (mainly European) and seventeen nongovernmental international organizations (mainly Jewish, but also including auction houses and dealer organizations).