Overdue books : returning Palestine's "abandoned property" of 1948 / a zine by Hannah Mermelstein.
- Mermelstein, Hannah
- Date:
- 2014
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Description
"Hannah's zine is based on her library school thesis project on books taken by Israeli librarians and soldiers from Palestinian homes in 1948, and how the books are still in Israeli libraries marked as "Abandoned Property." Many of the AP books have the owners' names still in them, and Hannah includes a story of being able to help return one book to its original owner. There is an interview with Mohammed Batrawi, a Palestinian prisoner of war. Hannah addresses parallels with the story of the Theresienstadt concentration camp library, and the Nazi seizure of Jewish books."-- Summarised by cataloguer, Columbia University Libraries.
Publication/Creation
[Brooklyn, NY] : Hannah Mermelstein : Librarians and Archivists with Palestine, 2014.
Physical description
18 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
Contents
Background -- Mohammad Batrawi -- Exploring the AP books -- A book returned -- Photo spread -- Nazi looting: a historical parallel -- Next steps -- Further resources.
Notes
This zine is part of a sub-section of the zine collection, which has been collected to support the work of zine librarianship, archiving and zine culture, rather than to explore the past, present and future of health.
This zine was created digitally by the author, and the PDF was colour printed by Wellcome for inclusion in the collection.
Title from cover.
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (page 18).
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesZ1514