Title The lost library : the legacy of Vilna's Strashun library in the aftermath of the Holocaust / Dan Rabinowitz

Published Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource Series The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series. Contents Vilna : the study house -- Mattityahu Strashun : the book collector -- Vilna builds its public library -- Jewish books and the ravages of World War II -- Lost and found in a German book depot -- A transatlantic crossing -- Ex Libris and obscurity in postwar America -- Another port of call Summary The Strashun Library was among the most important Jewish public institutions in Vilna, and indeed in Eastern Europe, prior to its destruction during World War II. Mattityahu Strashun, descended from a long and distinguished line of rabbis, bequeathed his extensive personal library of 5,753 volumes to the Vilna Jewish community on his death in 1885, with instructions that it remain open to all. In the summer of 1941, the Nazis came to Vilna, plundered the library, and shipped many of its books to Germany for deposition at a future Institute for Research into the Jewish Question. When the war ended, the recovery effort began. Against all odds, a number of the greatest treasures of the library could be traced. However, owing to its diverse holdings and its many prewar patrons, a custody battle erupted over the remaining holdings. Who should be heir to the Strashun Library? This book tells the story of the Strashun Library from its creation through the contentious battle for ownership following the war until present day. Pursuant to a settlement in 1958, the remnants of the greatest prewar library in Europe were split between two major institutions: the secular YIVO in the United States and the rabbinic library of Hechal Shlomo in Israel, a compromise that struck at the heart of the library's original unifying mission Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 06, 2018) Subject Strashun, Mathias, -1885 -- Library SUBJECT Strashun, Mathias, -1885 fast Strashun, Mathias 1817-1885 gnd Strashun, Mathias, -1885 -- Library. nli Subject Strashun Library SUBJECT European Humanities University Vilnius Institute for Historical Research of Belarus gnd Strashun Library. nli Bibliothek Johann von Varnhagen-Ense gnd Subject Jewish libraries -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- History Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- History -- 20th century LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries. HISTORY / General Jewish libraries Libraries Jewish libraries -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- History. Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- History -- 20th century. Lithuania -- Vilnius Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018026226 ISBN 9781512603101 1512603104

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