Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Book banned in the Third Reich. Publisher: GMBH Berlin
- Title
- Caspar Hauser oder die Traegheit des Herzens
- Alternate Title
- Casper Hauser or the Laziness of the Heart
- Date
-
publication:
1924
- Geography
-
publication:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- pencil markings inside right front cover "45.-"
- Contributor
-
Author:
Jakob Wassermann
S. Fischer Verlag
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Books--Fiction (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Mint green book with very faded gold text on cover, framed by a triple gold line; binding is brown leather-like material with gold text enclosed in a dark blue box; binding also decorated with lines and squares in gold leaf; place marker ribbon between pages 20 and 21; text in Gothic German.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 5.120 inches (13.005 cm) | Depth: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, thread, adhesive, leather
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The book was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-14 07:08:02
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn4145
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