Hein, Otto 1886-1968

Otto Hein was an attorney in Vienna who was handling Alma Mahler's postwar legal claims in Austria for restitution of property; he represented her up until his death, which (according to Alma's correspondence with Willi Legler) occurred late in the fall of 1955. Around the time of Hein's death, Alma, apparently dissatisfied that a significant aspect of the case had been settled in her disfavor, was also in the process of consulting with another attorney, Hans Gürtler. Subsequently, in 1956, Alma engaged Friedrich Weissenstein and he took over the case over from Hein's office. At a later point, Alma also engaged Georg Weisl to review the case. Christine Olga Zimmer was a party to a draft agreement showing that she was a potential renter of Alma Mahler's house in Vienna. Anton Klement was an Austrian official who presided over the transfer of certain paintings from the estate of Maria Eberstaller to Alma Mahler; the architect Wilhelm ("Willi") Legler, a nephew of Alma who was residing in Vienna, received the paintings on her behalf.

From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, ca. 1947-1952. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863436