Provenance Research :

Library of the Bundesamt für Naturschutz (Federal Agency for Nature Conservation), called Reichsstelle fur Naturschutz between 1935 and 1949

Library
Library of the Bundesamt für Naturschutz (Federal Agency for Nature Conservation), called Reichsstelle fur Naturschutz between 1935 and 1949.

Research into Nazi-confiscated cultural property in the library's collection
No information is available

Research into cultural property missing from the library
The library was almost completely destroyed during a bombing raid on 29/30 January 1944. One-fifth of its collection was lost. The majority of the library's collection had already been placed into storage at Bellichen/ Oder (near Berlin) in 1943. This collection was removed by the Soviet Army in 1945. A small part of the collection which had been placed into a different storage location formed the basis for the rebuilding of the library collection after the Second World War. The library has not compiled a detailed list of its missing collection, whose fate remains unknown.

Contact Details
Dr. Rainer Flüeck
Bibliothek und Dokumentation (FG Z 2.3)
Bundesamt für Naturschutz
Konstantinstr. 110
53179 Bonn
Tel: +49 (0) 228 8491129
Fax: + 49 (0) 228 8491 200
Email: pbox-dobi@bfn.de
http://www.bfn.de/09/0901.htm

Source
Central Registry Archives
, Correspondence, 2 October 2002

<http://www.bfn.de/09/0901.htm>, accessed 18 December 2002

Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Dokumentationsstelle/Bibliotheken (Information leaflet)

Bundesamt für Naturschutz. Bibliothek und Dokumentation (1999)(Information leaflet)