The book thieves : the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance

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Information & Library Science Library

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D810.L53 R94413 2017
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Available

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Summary

By turns fascinating, harrowing, yet ultimately uplifting, this is the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries, and the heroic efforts of the few librarians now working to return the stolen books to their owners.In the wake of one of History's most expansive cultural crimes, Anders Rydell shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.

Contents

  • Foreword p. ix
  • 1 A Fire That Consumes the World: Berlin p. 1
  • 2 Ghosts at Berliner Stadtbibliothek: Berlin p. 14
  • 3 Goethe's Oak: Weimar p. 35
  • 4 Himmler's Library: Munich p. 59
  • 5 A Warrior Against Jerusalem: Chiemsee p. 71
  • 6 Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel: Amsterdam p. 93
  • 7 The Hunt for the Secrets of the Freemasons: The Hague p. 119
  • 8 Lenin Worked Here: Paris p. 134
  • 9 The Lost Library: Rome p. 155
  • 10 Fragments of a People: Thessaloniki p. 173
  • 11 The Mass Grave Is a Paper Mill: Vilnius p. 188
  • 12 The Talmud Unit: Theresienstadt p. 218
  • 13 "Jewish Studies Without Jews": Ratibor-Frankfurt p. 232
  • 14 A Wagon of Shoes: Prague p. 251
  • 15 A Book Finds Its Way Home: Berlin-cannock p. 286
  • Acknowledgments p. 313
  • Notes p. 317
  • Index p. 337

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