United Kingdom Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues
The United Kingdom Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues is responsible for developing
and implementing UK Government policy with respect to encouraging the restitution
of Holocaust-era assets, including art and immovable property; ensuring the
accessibility and preservation of the Bad Arolsen archival record of the Nazi era and
its aftermath, and promoting Holocaust education, remembrance and research.
Robert Andrew Burns served as the first envoy from 2010 to 2015. He was succeeded by Eric Pickles, who was appointed in 2015.
