Stolen words : the Nazi plunder of Jewish books /

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"Stolen Words is an epic story about the largest collection of Jewish books in the world--tens-of millions of books that the Nazis looted from European Jewish families and institutions. Nazi soldiers and civilians emptied Jewish communal libraries, confiscated volumes from government collection...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Glickman, Mark, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Jewish libraries > Europe > History > 20th century.
Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Europe > History > 20th century.
Libraries and national socialism.
Bibliothèques juives > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Bibliothèques > Destruction et pillage > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Bibliothèques et nazisme.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Jewish Studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > Archives & Special Libraries.
Jewish libraries.
Libraries > Destruction and pillage.
Europe.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Loading the Jewish Bookshelf
  • 2. Antisemites and the Jewish Written Word
  • 3. From Bonfires to Bookshelves
  • 4. Talmud Scholars, Hebraists, and Other Nazi Looters
  • 5. Pillage
  • 6. Resistance
  • 7. Rescue
  • 8. Restitution
  • 9. Looted Books in the New Jewish Landscape
  • 10. Jewish Cultural Reconstruction
  • 11. Where Are They Now?
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Index.

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