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Stolen Words: The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books

by Mark Glickman
Jewish Pubn. Soc. Feb. 2016. 312p. photos. notes. index. ISBN 9780827612082. $29.95. HIST
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In Rabbi Glickman's (Sacred Treasure: The Cairo Genizah) latest work, readers are invited to explore the history of the printed word in Jewish culture. Using an imaginative narrative style, Glickman describes the special religious and cultural value ascribed to the printed word in Judaism and continues to expand upon the use of the destruction of the printed word to intimidate and punish Jews, culminating in the attempt by National Socialists to destroy Jewish literary history. This work, best suited to lay historians, will fascinate those interested in the history of Jewish religion and culture and the Nazi attack on Jewish material culture. With footnotes and an accessible writing style, this work presents the complicated history of the persecution of Jews via the destruction of their libraries.
VERDICT Anyone who found the story of the Monuments Men to be an interesting read will also enjoy diving into this text.
Reviewed by Felicia J. Williamson, Dallas Holocaust Museum , Feb 26, 2016
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