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The Resource The book thieves : the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance, Anders Rydell ; translated by Henning Koch

The book thieves : the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance, Anders Rydell ; translated by Henning Koch

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For readers of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries, and the small team of heroic librarians now working to return the stolen books to their rightful owners. While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves-Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day. Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it. From the Hardcover edition
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  • eng
  • swe
  • eng
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1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages)
Contents
  • A fire that consumes the world: Berlin
  • Ghosts at Berliner Stadtbibliothek: Berlin
  • Goethe's oak: Weimar
  • Himmler's library: Munich
  • A warrior against Jerusalem: Chiemsee
  • Consolation for the tribulations of Israel: Amsterdam
  • The hunt for the secrets of the Freemasons: The Hague
  • Lenin worked here: Paris
  • The lost library: Rome
  • Fragments of a people: Thessaloniki
  • The mass grave Is a paper mill: Vilnius
  • The Talmud unit: Theresienstadt
  • "Jewish studies without Jews": Ratibor
  • Frankfurt
  • A wagon of shoes: Prague
  • A book ends its way home: Berlin
  • Cannock
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9780735221246
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http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=153&titleID=2716055
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The book thieves : the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance
Title
The book thieves
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the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance
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Anders Rydell ; translated by Henning Koch
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Language
  • eng
  • swe
  • eng
Summary
For readers of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries, and the small team of heroic librarians now working to return the stolen books to their rightful owners. While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves-Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day. Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it. From the Hardcover edition
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1982-
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Rydell, Anders
Dewey number
364.2
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Language note
Translated from the Swedish
LC call number
D810.L53
LC item number
R94413 2017eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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1962-
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Koch, Henning
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  • Book thefts
  • Libraries and national socialism
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • HISTORY / Europe / Germany
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • Book thefts
  • Confiscations
  • Destruction and pillage
  • Libraries and national socialism
  • Europe
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The book thieves : the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance, Anders Rydell ; translated by Henning Koch
Link
http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=153&titleID=2716055
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-336) and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
A fire that consumes the world: Berlin -- Ghosts at Berliner Stadtbibliothek: Berlin -- Goethe's oak: Weimar -- Himmler's library: Munich -- A warrior against Jerusalem: Chiemsee -- Consolation for the tribulations of Israel: Amsterdam -- The hunt for the secrets of the Freemasons: The Hague -- Lenin worked here: Paris -- The lost library: Rome -- Fragments of a people: Thessaloniki -- The mass grave Is a paper mill: Vilnius -- The Talmud unit: Theresienstadt -- "Jewish studies without Jews": Ratibor -- Frankfurt -- A wagon of shoes: Prague -- A book ends its way home: Berlin -- Cannock
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ocn970692179
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780735221246
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations.
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
A9C5C3CF-7D87-48E6-A842-2159EC363727
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(OCoLC)970692179
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The book thieves : the Nazi looting of Europe's libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance, Anders Rydell ; translated by Henning Koch
Link
http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=153&titleID=2716055
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-336) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
A fire that consumes the world: Berlin -- Ghosts at Berliner Stadtbibliothek: Berlin -- Goethe's oak: Weimar -- Himmler's library: Munich -- A warrior against Jerusalem: Chiemsee -- Consolation for the tribulations of Israel: Amsterdam -- The hunt for the secrets of the Freemasons: The Hague -- Lenin worked here: Paris -- The lost library: Rome -- Fragments of a people: Thessaloniki -- The mass grave Is a paper mill: Vilnius -- The Talmud unit: Theresienstadt -- "Jewish studies without Jews": Ratibor -- Frankfurt -- A wagon of shoes: Prague -- A book ends its way home: Berlin -- Cannock
Control code
ocn970692179
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780735221246
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations.
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
A9C5C3CF-7D87-48E6-A842-2159EC363727
System control number
(OCoLC)970692179

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