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The Austrian National Library and the seized publications
The stamp "P 38" (= Polizei 1938) was used during the National Socialist era to label seized publications and is found in each of the works restituted to the National Fund on 1st June 2010. The picture gallery also shows historical photos of a depot at the National Library where the publications confiscated in the National Socialist era were stored and a photo of the General Director of the National Library at the time, Paul Heigl. Click on the first picture below to start the slideshow.
The stamp "P 38" (= Polizei 1938) was used during the National Socialist era to label seized publications and is found in each of the works restituted to the National Fund. (© ÖNB)
Official stamp of the National Library used during the National Socialist era. (© ÖNB)
Holdings of confiscated books from the signature group 680,000 in the publications depot of the National Library, photo: Reiffenstein, 1944. (© ÖNB)
The General Director during the National Socialist era, SS- Standartenführer Paul Heigl, oversees the recovery of the library holdings in the cellar depots beneath the Great Hall. (© ÖNB)
One of the main aims of the provenance research was to gather the names of the previous owners of seized objects. In many cases indications of ownership were removed during the National Socialist era. (© ÖNB)
Example of the stamp "P 38" in a publication from 1561. (© ÖNB)
General Director during the National Socialist era, SS- Standartenführer Paul Heigl (1887–1945, suicide). The swastika on the lapel was retouched for the official history of the Library. (© ÖNB)
