Extent:

1.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Scope and content:

The primary work accomplished by the ALIU of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was to issue twelve Detailed Interrogation Reports (DIRs), three Consolidation Interrogation Reports (CIRS), and a Final Report, issued in May 1946, all of which are included in the collection of papers. Several other reports were prepared after Spring 1946, such as an unnumbered DIR on Hans Wendland, which was produced by Otto Wittmann in collaboration with Bernard Taper of the MFA&A and a report of the mission that Otto Wittmann accomplished between June and September 1946 in Europe.

To see online these reports and further descriptions of the mission of the ALIU, see the National Archives, where the reports were deposited, and related descriptions of these reports: https://www.archives.gov/ In particular, see: https://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/art/oss-art-looting-investigation-unit-reports.html

Arrangement:

Series I.A. Reports of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Art Looting Investigation Unit (ALIU) is arranged into four groupings: Detailed Interrogation Reports (DIRs), Consolidated Interrogation Reports (CIRs), Final report; Other reports.

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