Re: [ha-Safran]: German Libraries Hold Thousands of Looted Volumes

2008-11-11 Thread Dan Wyman
Several years ago, a librarian from Bremen tracked my mother down across 3 continents to return 5 books which had been taken from my Grandfather . Drops in the bucket, for sure, but it was a nice gesture. Dan ~ Dan Wyman Books, Inc.

[ha-Safran]: German Libraries Hold Thousands of Looted Volumes

2008-11-06 Thread Mark Stover
Hundreds of thousands of book stolen by the Nazis are still in German libraries. A few librarians are acting like detectives, searching for the books and hoping to return them to the former owners or their families. However, many libraries have shown little interest in the troubling legacy