Contested Heritage Jewish Cultural Property after 1945 (Edition 1)

• Main Author: Lucca, Enrico (auth)
• Other Authors: Jessen, Caroline (auth, Editor), Dvorkin, Yehuda (auth), Livny, Adi (auth), Schlör, Joachim (auth), Lauterbach, Iris (auth), Shilo, Bilha (auth), Rubin, Gil (auth), Shiloh-Dayan, Yonatan (auth), Wardi, Ada (auth), Mahrer, Stefanie (auth), Holzer-Kawałko, Anna (auth), Levy, Amit (auth), Weizmann, Yechiel (auth), Weiss, Yfaat (auth, Editor), Gallas, Elisabeth (auth, Editor), Barouch, Lina (auth), Holzer-Kawalko, Anna (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Social Science; Jewish Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the wake of the Nazi regime's policies, European Jewish cultural property was dispersed, dislocated, and destroyed. Books, manuscripts, and artworks were either taken by their fleeing owners and were transferred to different places worldwide, or they fell prey to systematic looting and destr...