LEADER 04600 am 22005413u 450 001 9910141486203321 005 20210225120129.0 010 $z9783205775041$q(hardback) 035 $a(CKB)2670000000334336 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000985777 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11543078 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000985777 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10930367 035 $a(PQKB)10716552 035 $a(OCoLC)848173649 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00074196 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000334336 100 $a20160829h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $ager 135 $aurcn#nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$a"... Allerlei für die Nationalbibliothek zu ergattern ..." $eeine österreichische Institution in der NS-Zeit /$fMurray G. Hall, Christina Ko?stner 210 1$aWien :$cBo?hlau Verlag$d[2006] 210 4$d©2006 215 $a1 online resource (617 pages) $cillustrations, portraits; digital, PDF file(s) 311 08$aPrint version: 9783205775041 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 330 $aWhen Austria was annexed by Hitler Germany in March 1938, the National Library in Vienna was not only the biggest scientific library in the country, it was now the third largest in the German Reich. Its status among and influence on the scholarly libraries in the Reich was considerably enhanced by one person during the Nazi period, namely the newly-appointed director-general Dr. Paul Heigl, a fervent National socialist, Acquisitions by the Library during the years 1938 to 1945 are a key focal point of this history, and Heigl played both an active and significant role in the process of book looting in the interest of the National Library. The Library may well have regarded itself in the inter-war years as being "apolitical" - and house historians have tended to reinforce this image - but this does not stand up to closer scrutiny even during the political period of the "Corporate State" and Dollfuss and Schuschnigg, let alone during the time of national socialist rule in Austria. The study breaks with the previous taboos and presents the essentially political role of the library both before and after March 1938 by investigating its involvement in the crimes of the Nazi regime. But the study does not only concentrate on acquisitions made through improper means, it also attempts to capture some of the atmosphere of a major library under the NS regime and in war-time. The examination also sees itself as a contribution to the hitherto neglected history of libraries in Austria in the Nazi period in general and of church and official libraries in particular. It might be noted that Paul Heigl was not only in charge of scholarly libraries in south-eastern Europe following the German invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, he was also a library consultant for local Nazi officials and had considerable sway in forging library policy. Our study discusses a number of chapters in the Library's history during the Nazi period which have so far been absent from official histories, primarily those which implicate the Library and point to the vast and varied acquisitions. The main chapter focuses on the development and acquisitions of the Library's many collections from 1938 o 1945, chiefly on the basis of library records and files, and attempts to describe not only the looting, but also fate of stolen books, libraries and collections immediately after World War Two and on up to the present day. And, as the case may be, their subsequent restitution over the past few years as a consequence of the Art Restitution Law of 1998. Name and subject indices are intended to make the information in history more easily accessible. 606 $aLibraries and national socialism$zAustria$zVienna 606 $aJewish libraries$zAustria$zVienna$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xLibraries 606 $aJewish property$zAustria$zVienna 606 $aConfiscations$zAustria$zVienna$xHistory$y20th century 608 $bElectronic books. 615 0$aLibraries and national socialism 615 0$aJewish libraries$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xLibraries. 615 0$aJewish property 615 0$aConfiscations$xHistory 676 $a027.543609044 700 $aHall$b Murray G.$0245389 702 $aKöstner-Pemsel$b Christina$f1975-, 801 0$bPQKB 912 $a9910141486203321 996 $a"... Allerlei für die Nationalbibliothek zu ergattern ..."$92288754 997 $aUNINA