Otto Wittmann's guest appearances

Otto Wittmann

Oral History Collection from the Archives of American Art

Oral History Interview Excerpts: Monuments Men

Judy Chicago

Thomas Carr

Dennis Oppenheim

Walker Hancock

Stanton L. Catlin

Frank Romero

Carmen Lomas Garza

Joan Snyder

George Leslie Stout

Willie Herrón

Gilbert Luján

Charles Parkhurst

Lane Faison

Robert Bechtle

Andrew Carnduff Ritchie

OwlTail

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.

Otto Wittmann 1976 interview excerpt

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.

Otto Wittmann 1981 interview excerpt