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Stolen words: the Nazi plunder of Jewish books

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Abstract

"How the largest Jewish book collection in the world--four to five million volumes--was looted by the Nazis and recovered by the Allied Forces"-- Provided by publisher.

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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    • Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press
    • Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, [2016]

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    • 9780827612778
    • 9780827612761
    • 0827612087
    • 0827612761
    • 9780827612082
    • 082761277X

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  • Notes

    "Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book" -- Title page verso.

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