“Much More than just another Private Collection”: The Schocken Library and its Rescue from Nazi Germany in 1935

This article reconstructs for the first time the rescue of the Schocken Library, one of the largest privately owned book collections, from Nazi Germany. The library consisted of over 60,000 volumes of rare and precious ­Hebrew and German books, manuscripts, and incunabula. The books were shipped fro...

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Main Author: Mahrer, Stefanie (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2015
In: Naharaim
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 4-24
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