The Holocaust and the Book: Destruction and Preservation

Book Overview

Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany systematically destroyed an estimated 100 million books throughout occupied Europe, an act that was inextricably bound up with the murder of 6 million Jews. By burning and looting libraries and censoring "un-German" publications, the Nazis aimed to eradicate all traces of Jewish culture along with the Jewish people themselves.

The Holocaust and the Book examines this bleak chapter in the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558496432
• ISBN13: 9781558496439
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"