Der Raub der Bücher - Hardcover

DER RAUB DER B CHER: PL NDERUNG IN DER NS-ZEIT UND RESTITUTION NACH 1945

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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp.310. ISBN:3707601382. Loosely inserted author's business card with signed hand-written note. Also loosely inserted typed signed letter from the author to Victor Ross mentioning the Austrian National Library and Ross' father's lost book collection:"the National Library now tries to find all looted books." The letter has Ross' hand-written notes detailing contact made. BOOK: In German, describes the fate of Viennese Jewish libraries, of looted libraries which were transferred to Austria during the NS-era, and of several private Jewish libraries. It also describes the role of the state of Israel and of American Jewish agencies in dealing with heirless Jewish property after the Shoah. Original publisher's binding in black with white lettering at spine. Dust jacket design in black on white shows a photograph of a shelf of old valuable-looking books. /Evelyn Adunka, Mag. Dr. phil. (b.1965) works as a free-lance historian, publicist and archivist in Vienna, specialising in modern Austrian-Jewish history, intellectual history and Austrian exile./ From the library of Victor Ross, born Rosenfeld (1919-2021) an Austrian Jewish refugee from Nazi occupation who became Chairman of ReaderÕs Digest, Europe, and an author. He conceived and led the 'Thank You Britain' fund in the 1960s, raising £96,000 (well over £1 million in todayÕs terms) within the Jewish refugee community from central Europe, for a scholarship fund and series of annual lectures at the British Academy. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers C79230

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