Wittmann, Otto, 1911-2001

Otto Wittman, 1911-2001, museum director and consultant of Toledo, Ohio.

From the description of Oral history interview with Otto Wittmann, 1981 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397653

Director of the Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art during World War II, Otto Wittmann served as a member of the Art Looting Investigation unit of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), within the U.S. War Department. The Art Looting Investigation unit was authorized as a project of the OSS, November 21, 1944, to investigate the confiscation of art works by the Nazis during World War II and assist in their repatriation.

From the description of Collection of papers relating to the Art Looting Investigation unit of the U.S. War Department's Office of Strategic Services, 1945-1946. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78702080

Otto Wittmann (1911-2001) was a museum director and consultant from Toledo, Ohio.

From the description of Oral history interview with Otto Wittmann, 1976 Aug. 19-20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596762

Museum director, consultant; Toledo, Ohio.

From the description of Otto Wittmann interviews, 1981 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220191138

Museum director, consultant; Toledo, Ohio. Born 1911.

Wittmann received his undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from Harvard in 1933. He served in the Air Force as a counterintelligence officer working on restitution of art works stolen by the Nazis. He began work at the Toldedo Musem of Art in 1946 as associate director, and became director in 1959. He retired in 1977.

From the description of Otto Wittmann papers, [ca. 1932-1977]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122600023