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In Search of Books Missing from the Prague Jewish Community Library
In Search of Books Missing from the Prague Jewish Community Library

Author(s): Michal Bušek
Subject(s): Archiving, History of Judaism
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: libraries; Prague; jewish library; Jiří Weil;

Summary/Abstract: The Library of the Jewish Religious Community in Prague (hereinafter the JRCP Library) has made up the historical core of the book collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague (hereinafter the JMP) since 1945, when it came under the management of the museum.1 Archival documents confirm that acquiring the JRCP Library was one of the JMP’s priorities, in which Jiří Weil was particularly active across the region of Bohemia.

  • Issue Year: LVII/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 101-113
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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