Ismar Littmann Collection. circa 1920-2002

This collection contains material related to art collector and attorney Ismar Litmann; much of the material comes from the years just prior to the permanent confiscation of his collection by National Socialists. The earliest document is a photocopy of Littmann's 53 page handwritten manuscript about Jewish composers (entitled "Die Juden in der Musik;"), which is undated but possibly written circa 1920. Later material includes copies of newspaper articles published in 1930 regarding an exhibition of Ismar Littmann's art collection in the Breslau house of Albert Neisser; a page with photocopied articles in Dutch and German (circa 1930-1935) regarding the exhibition of his art at the Neisser house, an auction of Littmann's art, and the confiscation and supposed future return of art from the Max Perl gallery by National Socialists; a photocopy of article published on Littmann's 50th birthday with highlights of professional accomplishments; and typewritten 2002 speech made by Rosemarie Littmann at the Leo Baeck Institute on occasion of the public showing of two recovered paintings.The Littmann family came from Breslau. Ismar Littmann (1879-1934) was a lawyer, who collected modern art. His entire collection was confiscated by the National Socialists. Ismar Littmann committed suicide in 1934. His widow, Kate Littmann and 4 children (Ruth, Franz, Eva, and Ed) escaped. Two paintings, which were completed in 1915 by Lovis Corinth (1858-1925): "Portrait of Charlotte Corinth" and Karl Hofer (1878-1955) in 1927: "Seated Nude on Blue Cushion," were recovered as part of a Holocaust-era art settlement arranged by the Holocaust Claims Processing Office (HCPO) of the New York State Banking Department and returned in 2002.Processed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize