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Restitution project genealogists track down rightful heirs of Nazi-looted books

JL;DR SUMMARY The Looted Books Project, a collaboration between JewishGen and the Leo Baeck Institute, focuses on returning Nazi-looted books to their rightful heirs. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish HeritageRestitutionGenealogyJewishgenNazi Looted BooksLeo Baeck InstituteLooted Books ProjectAmos GuioraLeibl Rosenberg

Places mentioned

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
"the law professor, who splits his time between Salt Lake City and Israel."
Israel
"he received while home in Israel, came from an amateur genealogist who was volunteering with the Looted Books Project"
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
"Leibl Rosenberg, an official representative of the Jewish community in Nuremberg, Germany."
New York, United States
"a joint initiative of JewishGens Kalikow Genealogy Center at the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Leo Baeck Institute, both in New York."
Venice, Italy
"standing with my grandfather in the middle of Piazza San Marco in Venice, covered with pigeons"

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