Germany returns to France 10 books stolen in World War II
Germany has returned to France ten books of the famous French writer and philosopher Voltaire that were stolen during World War II, the French Ministry of Culture announced Wednesday.
In a statement, the ministry indicated that the Berlin Central Library had found ten volumes of the "complete works" of the French philosopher "stolen by German forces during their occupation" of France during World War II.
The statement added that these works "were preserved in the Ministry of Finance in the nineteenth century," which is shown by a seal bearing the books in the name of "Veron Tax Collection Officer."
Between 1820 and 1823, the library of Jean-Frédéric Alexandre Lucian published these works, which form part of Voltaire's complete collection of seventy volumes.
The books were delivered on May 23 at the French Embassy in Berlin.
It is in the possession of the Department of Economic and Financial Archives of the French Ministry of Finance.
The Berlin Library has launched a major project that aims to find among its shelves “thousands of books that were stolen during the era of Nazi Germany and seeks to return them to their rightful owners,” according to the Ministry of Culture, and it is expected that France will recover other books in the coming months.
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