A Mortuary of Books: The Rescue of Jewish Culture After the Holocaust

by Elisabeth Gallas

Book Overview

Winner, 2020 JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for Writing Based on Archival Material, given by the Jewish Book Council

The astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultural treasures after the Holocaust

In March 1946 the American Military Government for Germany established the Offenbach Archival Depot near Frankfurt to store, identify, and restore the huge quantities of Nazi-looted books,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479833959
• ISBN13: 9781479833955
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"