Ardelia Hall Collection: Offenbach Photographs
Records: 2,073 · Complete: 100%
Offenbach was a central collection point in Germany, created in 1945 by the U.S. to recover and preserve Nazi-looted works of art in order to research restitution claims. The Offenbach Archival Depot was devoted primarily to Jewish religious items, books, and archives. It handled over two million objects during its four years of operation. Photos in this collection include library book plates (arranged by owner's last name) and markings from looted books (arranged by country).
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"Records Concerning the Central Collecting Points ("Ardelia Hall Collection"): Offenbach Archival Depot, 1946-1951" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/630/ardelia-hall-collection-offenbach-photographs: accessed April 11, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Ardelia Hall Collection: Offenbach Photographs
- Total Records
- 2,073 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1942
- Record Group
- RG 260
- Published on Fold3
- 22 Sep 2009
- Last Updated
- 09 Oct 2009
- Description
- NARA M1942. Photographs relating to recovered books and artifacts processed at the Offenbach Archival Depot in Germany after World War II.