interview, artist, artists, oral history, Smithsonian, Archives of American Art
Podcast Category:
Arts
Visual Arts
Government
Business
Non-Profit
Society & Culture
History
Description:
Otto Wittmann (1911-2001) was a curator and director of the Toledo Museum of Art from 1959-1976. During World War II, Wittmann served as a Major with the Air Force but was later transferred to the Art Looting Investigation Unit (ALIU) in Washington, D.C. under the Office of Strategic Services. As an ALIU official, Wittmann assisted with looted art recovery in Paris and Munich, investigated transactions in Sweden and Switzerland, and worked with the collection centers in France. In this excerpt, Wittmann talks about his work restituting art looted by the Nazis.
Duration:
253 SECS
Author:
smithsonianaaa@gmail.com (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
Subtitle:
Otto Wittmann on the Art Looting Investigation Unit and postwar restitution work
