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View of the charred remains of books from libraries in Berlin and Marburg that had been stored in a salt mine near Heimboldshausen, Germany.

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    View of the charred remains of books from libraries in Berlin and Marburg that had been stored in a salt mine near Heimboldshausen, Germany.
    View of the charred remains of books from libraries in Berlin and Marburg that had been stored in a salt mine near Heimboldshausen, Germany.  

According to American military sources, the books were burned in the salt mines by displaced persons.

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    View of the charred remains of books from libraries in Berlin and Marburg that had been stored in a salt mine near Heimboldshausen, Germany.

    According to American military sources, the books were burned in the salt mines by displaced persons.
    Date
    1946 April 30
    Locale
    Heimboldshausen, [Hesse] Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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    National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
    Copyright: Public Domain
    Source Record ID: 111-SC-239299 (Album 5446)

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    2004-12-20 00:00:00
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