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Investigators Track Nazis' Looted Books

A million plundered volumes are still on German library shelves

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 25, 2008 11:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – A handful of determined librarians are trying to reunite books stolen by the Nazis with their owners or their families, Der Spiegel reports. Experts believe at least a million such books are still on the shelves of libraries across Germany. Many carry a 'J' inscribed...   Read full story »

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