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By turns fascinating, harrowing, yet ultimately uplifting, this is the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries, and the heroic efforts of the few librarians now working to return the stolen books to their owners.In the wake of one of History's most expansive cultural crimes, Anders Rydell shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.
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The Book Thieves, Anders Rydell
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- The Book Thieves
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anders Rydell
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 0735221227
- ISBN13
- 9780735221222
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, History, Art, Creative Nonfiction, Military History, Wars, World War II, About Books, Third Reich (Nazi Germany), 1933-1945, Libraries, Censorship, Nazi Propaganda, Forbidden Books, Rare Books
- First published
- 2015
- Original title
- Boktjuvarna - Jakten på de försvunna biblioteken
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- By turns fascinating, harrowing, yet ultimately uplifting, this is the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries, and the heroic efforts of the few librarians now working to return the stolen books to their owners.In the wake of one of History's most expansive cultural crimes, Anders Rydell shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.