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Code	DS/UK/270
Dates	1903-1977
Person Name	Breitenbach; Edgar (1903-1977); Dr. phil.
Surname	Breitenbach
Forenames	Edgar
Title	Dr. phil.
Activity	Art historian and librarian; worked for KBW in Hamburg from 11/04-31/12/1927 and in Paris from 15/08-01/10/1928; Bibliotheksrat in Frankfurt Stadtbibliothek. Worked for the Federal Communications Commission monitoring German radio broadcasts (1943-); Chief of Documentary Operations in the Office of War Information in Washington, DC (1944-45). Returned to Germany with Office of Military Government-Unitded States (OMGUS) in 1945 in Berlin. Worked in the Central Art Collection Point in Munich as the Museum and Fine Arts officer researching the provenance of misappropriated Nazi art (1946-49). He worked in the American High Commission in Bad Neuheim and Frankfurt, in the Cultural Relations Division, Section for Fine Arts, Museums, Libraries and Archives reconstructing German libraries (1949-53). Returned to Washington, DC, where he was head of the Prints and Photographs division of the Library of Congress in Washington (1956-1973).
History	Studied History of Art at Hamburg University under Erwin Panofsky; PhD (Hamburg 1927); training in Göttingen as a librarian. Emigrated to Basel and London (1933-1937), USA (1937).
Source	Otto Metzler, "Edgar Breitenbach", in Dictionary of Art Historians (http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/breitenbache.htm) (accessed 20/08/2010).