New Balkans Institute. Belgrade Research Center for Humanities and Arts
Agency for Restitution of Republic of Serbia
Association of Public Prosecutors and Deputy Public Prosecutors of Serbia
In Partnership With:
World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO)
Federation of the Jewish Communities of Serbia
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
Organized scientific conference
“The Holocaust and Restitution”
May 11-12 2015
The conference was held at the Agency for Restitution of Republic of Serbia premises: Masarikova 5/V, Belgrade.
The conference wa opened by Nicholas Dean (U.S. Department of State Special Envoy for the Holocaust Issues), HE Yossif Levy (Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Republic of Serbia & non-resident Ambassador to Montenegro), and HE Michael Kirby (U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia).
In 2014 we have launched a permanent international conference Nationalization, Confiscation and Restitution. The First conference was welcomed by embassies of Israel and USA, the European Union delegation in Serbia, the Federation of Jewish communities of Serbia and City of Belgrade management.
The preliminary conference opened the most important issues concerning specificity of processes that took place during Nazi occupation and subsequent communist rule. Initial idea of permanent conference was to consider history, legal and ethic challenges, and future of property relations. The mission that brought us together comprises remembrance and needs of scientific and legal fulfillment of public responsibility. accountability. Also, we are not satisfied with the level of overall relations between Serbia and the United States, Israel and Germany, and we dare to remind that these relationships, from our perspective, are crucially important and fateful.
