A Mortuary of Books

A Mortuary of Books
Title A Mortuary of Books PDF eBook
Author Elisabeth Gallas
Publisher NYU Press
Pages 416
Release 2019-04-30
Genre History
ISBN 1479833959

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Winner, 2020 JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for Writing Based on Archival Material, given by the Jewish Book Council The astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultural treasures after the Holocaust In March 1946 the American Military Government for Germany established the Offenbach Archival Depot near Frankfurt to store, identify, and restore the huge quantities of Nazi-looted books, archival material, and ritual objects that Army members had found hidden in German caches. These items bore testimony to the cultural genocide that accompanied the Nazis’ systematic acts of mass murder. The depot built a short-lived lieu de memoire—a “mortuary of books,” as the later renowned historian Lucy Dawidowicz called it—with over three million books of Jewish origin coming from nineteen different European countries awaiting restitution. A Mortuary of Books tells the miraculous story of the many Jewish organizations and individuals who, after the war, sought to recover this looted cultural property and return the millions of treasured objects to their rightful owners. Some of the most outstanding Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, including Dawidowicz, Hannah Arendt, Salo W. Baron, and Gershom Scholem, were involved in this herculean effort. This led to the creation of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc., an international body that acted as the Jewish trustee for heirless property in the American Zone and transferred hundreds of thousands of objects from the Depot to the new centers of Jewish life after the Holocaust. The commitment of these individuals to the restitution of cultural property revealed the importance of cultural objects as symbols of the enduring legacy of those who could not be saved. It also fostered Jewish culture and scholarly life in the postwar world.

Mortuary Confidential

Mortuary Confidential
Title Mortuary Confidential PDF eBook
Author Kenneth McKenzie
Publisher Kensington Books
Pages 256
Release 2010
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0806531797

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From rookie mistakes and runaway corpses to screaming dead men and unusual requests, a collection of stories by funeral directors.

Mortuary Science

Mortuary Science
Title Mortuary Science PDF eBook
Author John Szabo
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 208
Release 2002
Genre Science
ISBN 0810845873

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Szabo presents a thorough bibliographical examination of the funeral industry and related subjects. Most citations are annotated, with special notes on editions and reprints.

Choosing a Career in Mortuary Science and the Funeral Industry

Choosing a Career in Mortuary Science and the Funeral Industry
Title Choosing a Career in Mortuary Science and the Funeral Industry PDF eBook
Author Nancy L. Stair
Publisher The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pages 68
Release 2001-12-15
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780823935680

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Explores career opportunities for those interested in becoming a funeral director, embalmer, coroner, medical examiner, or pathologist.

Mortuary Law

Mortuary Law
Title Mortuary Law PDF eBook
Author Thomas F. H. Stueve
Publisher
Pages 132
Release 2011-12
Genre
ISBN 9781883031145

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11th revised edition of Mortuary Law, published by The Cincinnati Foundation for Mortuary Education. Copyright 2011.

Putting Makeup on Dead People

Putting Makeup on Dead People
Title Putting Makeup on Dead People PDF eBook
Author Jen Violi
Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages 295
Release 2011-05-24
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1423153138

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Since her father's death four years ago, Donna has gone through the motions of living: her friendships are empty, she's clueless about what to do after high school graduation, and her grief keeps her isolated, cut off even from the one parent she has left. That is until she's standing in front of the dead body of a classmate at Brighton Brothers' Funeral Home. At that moment, Donna realizes what might just give her life purpose is comforting others in death.

Past Mortems

Past Mortems
Title Past Mortems PDF eBook
Author Carla Valentine
Publisher Sphere
Pages 320
Release 2018-03-13
Genre Autopsy
ISBN 9780751565348

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A day in the life of Carla Valentine - curator, pathology technician and 'death professional' - is not your average day. She spent ten years training and working as an Anatomical Pathology Technologist: where the mortuary slab was her desk, and that day's corpses her task list. Past Mortems tells Carla's stories of those years, as well as investigating the body alongside our attitudes towards death - shedding light on what the living can learn from dead and the toll the work can take on the living souls who carry it out. Fascinating and insightful, Past Mortems reveals the truth about what happens when the mortuary doors swing shut or the lid of the coffin closes.