"Definitely not a reliable or trustworthy source for cataloguing"
What does it mean to find Arthur Pfannstiel in a provenance or as the author of a reference?
"Definitely not a reliable or trustworthy source for cataloguing"
What does it mean to find Arthur Pfannstiel in a provenance or as the author of a reference?
This post publishes in Italian the Art Looting Investigation Red Flag List of Names which was originally written in English in 1945-6.
(Translated from English into Italian by Deepl)
(update in progress)
Titolo
https://www.lootedart.com/MVI3RM469661
Descrizione
Nel 1944 il governo degli Stati Uniti creò un'unità speciale di intelligence che si occupava di arte saccheggiata, formata e amministrata dall'OSS. Nel corso del 1945 e 1946, questa unità, chiamata Art Looting Intelligence Unit (ALIU), produsse 16 rapporti stampati.
Un indice dei nomi che elenca tutti gli individui, i commercianti e le agenzie che appaiono in uno di questi rapporti è disponibile qui. L'indice dei nomi può anche essere cercato su questo sito cliccando sul pulsante "Cerca" e digitando un nome nella casella di ricerca delle informazioni.
I NOMI DELLE BANDIERE ROSSE E I DETTAGLI DELLE LORO ATTIVITÀ IN TEMPO DI GUERRA SONO ANCHE RIPORTATI IN FONDO A QUESTO DOCUMENTO, ORGANIZZATI IN ORDINE ALFABETICO PER PAESE DI ATTIVITÀ.
I rapporti ALIU sono di tre tipi:
Altaussee Salt/Art Mine discovery after WW II Lieutenants Kern & Sieber, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons |
On April 23, 2001, I phoned Professor Faison and told him the National Archives was issuing the next day a press release announcing the release of Microfilm Publication M-1782, “OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit Reports, 1945-46.” I told him the microfilmed records—including the detailed, consolidated, and final reports—were being made available on May 8, the 56th anniversary of the U.S. Army’s discovery of the salt mine at Alt Aussee, Austria, where the greatest concentration of Nazi plunder from Western Europe was concealed. I asked him if he minded me making his phone number available if I received press inquiries about the records and the work of the ALIU. He said at his age it was tough enough to get up to change the television channel, much less answer the phone regarding things he had done ages ago and which were well-documented in the records we were making available. So, yes, he did mind.
- "An Office of Strategic Services Monuments Man: S. Lane Faison"
This is the seventh in an ongoing series of posts on real-life Monuments Men. Today’s post is by Dr. Greg Bradsher. See related posts on Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Walter J. Huchthausen, Seymour J. Pomrenze, Mason Hammond, Edith Standen, and Karol Estreicher.