A mortuary of books : the rescue of Jewish culture after the Holocaust /
A mortuary of books :: the rescue of Jewish culture after the Holocaust /

"'A Mortuary of Books' explores Jewish culture after the World War II."--

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1. Verfasser: Gallas, Elisabeth (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Skinner, Alex (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
German
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history.
Schlagworte:
Deutschland > Gebiet unter Alliierter Besatzung, Amerikanische Zone > Amt der Militärregierung für Hessen > Offenbach Archival Depot
1900-1999
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews > History > 20th century.
Jews > Civilization.
Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Europe.
Cultural property > Repatriation > Europe.
World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > Europe.
Jewish property > Europe > History > 20th century.
Holocauste, 1939-1945.
Juifs > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Juifs > Civilisation.
Patrimoine culturel > Destruction et pillage > Europe.
Patrimoine culturel > Restitution > Europe.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Destruction et pillage > Europe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Cultural property > Destruction and pillage
Cultural property > Repatriation
Destruction and pillage
Jewish property
Jews
Jews > Civilization
Restitution > Kulturpolitik
Kulturgut
Judenvernichtung
Juden
Enteignung
Drittes Reich
Buch
Europe
Israel
History
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Zusammenfassung:"'A Mortuary of Books' explores Jewish culture after the World War II."--
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, archival material, and ritual objects that Army members had found hidden in German caches. These items bore testimony to the cultural genocide that accompanied the Nazis' systematic acts of mass murder. The depot built a short-lived lieu de memoire--a "mortuary of books," as the later renowned historian Lucy Dawidowicz called it--with over three million books of Jewish origin coming from nineteen different European countries awaiting restitution. A Mortuary of Books tells the miraculous story of the many Jewish organizations and individuals who, after the war, sought to recover this looted cultural property and return the millions of treasured objects to their rightful owners. Some of the most outstanding Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, including Dawidowicz, Hannah Arendt, Salo W. Baron, and Gershom Scholem, were involved in this herculean effort. This led to the creation of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc., an international body that acted as the Jewish trustee for heirless property in the American Zone and transferred hundreds of thousands of objects from the Depot to the new centers of Jewish life after the Holocaust. The commitment of these individuals to the restitution of cultural property revealed the importance of cultural objects as symbols of the enduring legacy of those who could not be saved. It also fostered Jewish culture and scholarly life in the postwar world.
"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, archival material, and ritual objects that Army members had found hidden in German caches. These items bore testimony to the cultural genocide that accompanied the Nazis' systematic acts of mass murder. The depot built a short-lived lieu de memoire--a "mortuary of books," as the later renowned historian Lucy Dawidowicz called it--with over three million books of Jewish origin coming from nineteen different European countries awaiting restitution. A Mortuary of Books tells the miraculous story of the many Jewish organizations and individuals who, after the war, sought to recover this looted cultural property and return the millions of treasured objects to their rightful owners. Some of the most outstanding Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, including Dawidowicz, Hannah Arendt, Salo W. Baron, and Gershom Scholem, were involved in this herculean effort. This led to the creation of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc., an international body that acted as the Jewish trustee for heirless property in the American Zone and transferred hundreds of thousands of objects from the Depot to the new centers of Jewish life after the Holocaust. The commitment of these individuals to the restitution of cultural property revealed the importance of cultural objects as symbols of the enduring legacy of those who could not be saved. It also fostered Jewish culture and scholarly life in the postwar world."--
Beschreibung:Translated from the German by Alex Skinner
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781479841677
1479841676

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