OMGUS - Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives
Records: 56,919 · Complete: 100%
The MFAA Section transferred Nazi-looted works of art and artifacts from various storage areas and shipped the objects to one of four U.S. central collecting points. In order to research restitution claims, the MFAA officers gathered intelligence reports, interrogation reports, captured documents, and general information regarding German art looting.
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Source Information
"Records of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) Section of the Preparations and Restitution Branch, OMGUS, 1945-1951" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/795/omgus-monuments-fine-arts-and-archives: accessed May 26, 2022)
- Publication Title
- OMGUS - Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives
- Total Records
- 56,919 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- M1949
- Record Group
- 260
- Published on Fold3
- 28 Feb 2012
- Last Updated
- 15 Jun 2012
- Description
- NARA M1949. Records of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) Section of the Reparations and Restitution Branch, Office of Military Government, U.S. Zone (Germany) [OMGUS].