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A book of poems (Gedichte) by the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau - a book with an ink signature of the Third Reich regime in Germany - A book of poems (Gedichte) by the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau, published by Gustav Hempel, Berlin, with no mention of the year of publication. The book has an ink signature of the Third Reich regime in Germany on the title page - Stamp of the Inst. d. NSDAP z. Erforschung d. Judenfrage Abt. Ostjudenthum Litzmannstadt (Nazi Party Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question, Department of Eastern Jewry, Litzmannstadt). Contains two books: lyrical poems and lyrical-epic poems. Poems of Longing, Poems of the Past, Spring, Autumn, Fantasies, Pictures of Health, Polish Poems, About, Travel Sketches, Atlantica, Life and Dream, Clara Hebert and the Hariontes. 200 (8) pages, hard reddish leather binding, embossed and decorated.  The back of the cover is decorated with gilded decoration and inscription. Comes in a Dust Cover case covered in original burgundy velvet.  15.5 cm. 256 gr.  * In 1941, the institute was established as the first department of the Nazi Party University, which had been founded the year before. Within its framework, they collected and, after our destruction, researched objects and books on Judaism, Gypsies, Freemasons, etc. This is a branch of the institute in the city of Lodz, which during the Nazi era was named Litzmannstadt. This is named after the German general who fought around the city in World War I and was a supporter of Hitler.