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Einblicke in die Bibliothek der Publikationsstelle Wien und andere Bestände, die 1945 in St. Lambrecht beschlagnahmt wurden

Abstract

In 1945, the libraries of Publication Office Vienna and other institutions within Reich Security Main Office of the SS (RSHA) that were conducting research on Eastern Europe were confiscated and stored at the former Benedictine Abbey of St. Lambrecht, Styria. These libraries are said to be lost since their transport to London in 1946. In this paper, a list comprising 2.833 volumes from St. Lambrecht is analyzed. It is shown that these media most probably belonged to the library of Publication Office Vienna and that most of the looted media among them were seized by Special Command Künsberg in the Soviet Union. Finally, the approximate number of looted media in the list will be calculated.