Stolen Words: The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books, by Mark
Glickman, is certainly an interesting and important book. The problem is, Rabbi Glickman gets involved in
the big picture at the expense of the little.
He starts with the purchase of one book that was collected by the Nazis
for the use in their anticipated "museum" for exterminated Jewish culture. This is an exciting premise. Follow a book. Follow the owner. Trace the tragedy. But he follows many books, or entire libraries, and the intimacy felt in the first pages is gone.
Regardless, this book is worthy to read and important scholarship
to understand and remember.
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