Nazi Loot | Stolen books | Holocaust | Jewish libraries
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By Milton Esterow
The hunt for the
millions of books stolen by the Nazis during World War II has been
pursued quietly and diligently for decades, but it has been largely
ignored, even as the search for lost art drew headlines. The plundered
volumes seldom carried the same glamour as the looted paintings, which
were often masterpieces worth millions of dollars.
But
recently, with little fanfare, the search for the books has
intensified, driven by researchers in America and Europe who have
developed a road map of sorts to track the stolen books, many of which
are still hiding in plain sight on library shelves throughout Europe.
Their
work has been aided by newly opened archives, the internet, and the
growing number of European librarians who have made such searches a
priority, researchers say.
“People
have looked away for so long,” said Anders Rydell, author of “The Book
Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe’s Libraries and the Race to Return a
Literary Inheritance,” “but I don’t think they can anymore.” Read more...
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