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In Hebrew. Pages 57 to 228, (1). 216 x 148 mm. Front wrapper detached. Round, Nazi rubber stamp impression with bluish ink on page 57. Presumably, the earlier pages were already lost when the book fell into Nazi hands during World War II. The stamp reads. Bracketed material is mine: ?[Frankfurt] Inst[itut] z[ur] Erforschung d[er] Judenfrage Abt.[eilung] [Ost?]judentum? The Institute for Study of the Jewish Question or Institute for Research of the Jewish Question (Institut zur Erforschung der Judenfrage) was a Nazi Party political institution, founded in April 1939. Conceived as a branch of a projected elite university of the party under the direction of Alfred Rosenberg, it officially opened in Frankfurt am Main in March 1941, during the Second World War, and remained in existence until the end of the war, in 1945. The institute?s aim was information-gathering for propaganda purposes in support of anti-Semitic policy and, later, the Holocaust. It became the recipient of looted books and other cultural materials from Jewish libraries and institutions in the occupied territories. Not to be confused with the Institut zum Studium der Judenfrage [de], which was part of Goebbels's propaganda ministry. At the end of World War II, the book fell into the U.S. Army?s hands. Apparently, it later ended up in the Library of Congress, which at some point de-accessioned it, Nazi stamp notwithstanding, because it was (an incomplete) ?copy 3? in its collection. Hans Christian Andersen was a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, but is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality. Andersen's wrote 3,381 fairy tales and his works have been translated into more than 125 languages, and have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Little Mermaid," "The Nightingale," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Princess and the Pea," "The Snow Queen," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Little Match Girl," and "Thumbelina." His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. Seller Inventory # 014235
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Hagadot v?e-sipurim
Publisher: Main Distributor and possibly publisher: Central [probably 1923], Warsaw Warszawa, Varsha, Poland
Binding: unbound
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
