The Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States is looking into the possibility that the Library of Congress may hold Nazi-looted books in its collection. Members of the commission staff met with LC officials last week to begin discussing the question of whether or not ownership of any books in the library can be traced to Holocaust victims.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported November 15 that Stu Loeser, a spokesperson for the commission, said, “Books came to the Library of Congress after World War II from Europe; undoubtedly these books are there.”
LC public affairs officer Helen Dalrymple said the library is working cooperatively with the commission in the investigation.
Posted November 22, 1999.