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Good for him.
1 posted on 10/07/2009 8:22:54 PM PDT by Saije
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Very interesting. It’s a neat story about when Generals Patton, Bradley and Eisenhower went down the “elevator” at the Mertz location and were shown what was down there.


2 posted on 10/07/2009 8:32:31 PM PDT by unkus
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Baa humbug, he could have gotten some money for them on Ebay...


5 posted on 10/07/2009 8:52:17 PM PDT by goat granny
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Millions and millions of books from institutions across Germany.

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6 posted on 10/07/2009 9:21:52 PM PDT by death2tyrants
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The extent of "looting" of Germany, acknowlegded to be serious, may never be known. On the other hand, the extent of destructon of cultural artifacts by the Nazis may never be equalled.
7 posted on 10/07/2009 9:31:26 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Truth--The liberal's Kryptonite)
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German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth said the 16th-century volumes date back to the dawn of the Protestant Reformation when Germany was the book publishing center of the world. One of the books, written in Latin and published in 1593 by legal scholar Johannes Borcholt, is a commentary on Roman law, Scharioth said. The other, written in German and published in 1578, dealt with court administration in the Duchy of Prussia.
Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.

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10 posted on 10/08/2009 3:39:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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