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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Arbeit zur Diplom-Examen--Fachhochschule für Bibliothekswesen, Stuttgart, 1977). 62 pages ; 21 cm
no. plates 8vo
251 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Biweekly volumes ; 28 cm
Lit. opg. p. 143-150. - Met reg. 158 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Exhibition catalog. 64 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Between 1933 and 1945 Nazi Germany systematically destroyed an estimated 100 million books throughout occupied Europe. Examination of this dark chapter in the history of printing, reading, censorship and libraries. Topics include the development of Nazi censorship policies, the celebrated library of the Vilna ghetto, the confiscation of books from the Sephardic communities in Rome and Salonika, the ...
Dieser Katalog ist der Begleitband zur Ausstellung "Orages de papier / In Papiergewittern", die zunächst (12.11.2008 - 31.01.2009) in der Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg ... gezeigt wird. 255 Seiten : Illustrationen
Includes index. 48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
1., Aufl. viii, 153 pages ; 25 cm.
Book by Hermann Kesten, a German author whose writings were banned during the Third Reich, 1933-1945. On May 10, 1933 thousands of books, such as this one, were burned by Nazi students and their professors throughout Germany. The books, ransacked from libraries, bookstores and universities, were the product of authors who had been blacklisted as "un-German."
Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions, Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it. Richard Ovenden, director of the world-famous Bodleian Library, explains how attacks on libraries and archives have been a feature ...