A priceless volume of 40 medieval Hebrew manuscripts belonging to Baron James de Rothschild was recovered here and will be returned to its rightful owner, it was reported here yesterday by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The manuscripts are believed to have been looted by the Nazis.
The volume was offered to the library of the Seminary for the price of $5,000 by agents reported to be representing an East German nobleman. It was recognized by Dr. Alexander Marx, Seminary librarian, as belonging to Baron Rothschild’s collection. Officers of the Seminary communicated with Baron Rothschild and asked him to sue the Seminary for the return of his property. Accordingly, representatives of the Baron filed papers in a New York court which signed an order restoring the volume to its pre-war owner.
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