The lost library : the legacy of Vilna's Strashun library in the aftermath of the Holocaust /

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The Strashun Library was among the most important Jewish public institutions in Vilna, and indeed in Eastern Europe, prior to its destruction during World War II. Mattityahu Strashun, descended from a long and distinguished line of rabbis, bequeathed his extensive personal library of 5,753 volumes t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rabinowitz, Dan, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2019]
Series:Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series.
Subjects:
Strashun, Mathias, > -1885 > Library.
Strashun, Mathias, > -1885.
Strashun, Mathias > 1817-1885
Strashun Library.
European Humanities University > Vilnius > Institute for Historical Research of Belarus
Bibliothek
1900-1999
Jewish libraries > Lithuania > Vilnius > History.
Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Lithuania > Vilnius > History > 20th century.
Bibliothèques juives > Lituanie > Vilnious > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries.
HISTORY / General
Jewish libraries.
Libraries.
Lithuania > Vilnius.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Vilna : the study house
  • Mattityahu Strashun : the book collector
  • Vilna builds its public library
  • Jewish books and the ravages of World War II
  • Lost and found in a German book depot
  • A transatlantic crossing
  • Ex Libris and obscurity in postwar America
  • Another port of call.

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