1473 1664 - Prince Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen - bestowment of the "atlas of the Great Elector", still the largest bound atlas in existence today 1661-64 - Prince Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen - [...] Freundeskreis für Cartographica in der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz e. V. - donation of a precious atlas showing Fort Narva, Estonia 2014 - from a private donator - donation of „Album der Proclamierung des [...] 33 volumes containing oriental manuscripts written in Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Tibetian an ohter languages 2014 - Freunde der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin e. V. - financing of the cataloguing of correspondencies

Southeast, and Central Asia in western languages, materials in Southeast Asian languages, part of the Central Asian collection, as well as periodicals in Asian languages (such as newspapers, journals, yearbooks) [...] Uighur, Kyrgyz and Kazakh languages. A large part of the collection (more than 21,500 titles) consists of titles in Mongolian. Most of these titles were published after the Second World War, both in Mongolia [...] titles in these three languages come from Xinjiang and are available in Arabic script. Please note: For titles from Nepal and Bhutan as well as Central Asian titles in Turkic languages which are available

library successfully grew into one of the most important academic libraries in the world. National Socialism and World War II destroyed much of the library and its collections. The division of the library [...] carriers 390,000 maps, atlases and globes 115,000 children’s and young people’s books 630,000 microfilm and microfiches 9,000 periodical subscriptions (including 6,400 foreign language subscriptions) 45,000 [...] thaler per year – for library acquisitions, which he personally controlled. He preferred French language publications and was responsible for the acquisition of standard reference works covering all subjects

after the Second World War. The origin of the approximately 2400 manuscripts extends from Kashmir in the north to South India. Its value lies in the diversity of literature, languages and scripts represented [...] South Asian Manuscripts The Oriental Department manages about 10,000 manuscripts in South Asian languages and scripts on various writing materials, whereby the Sanskrit and Prakrit manuscripts of North

library continuously acquires and preserves literature from all periods, all countries, in all languages, as well as in every form. Moreover, the central task of the library is to index this literature [...] that this is possible. As an archive library with the mission to collect and preserve national and world cultural heritage, the Staatsbibliothek and its funding bodies attach great importance to the protection [...] other library in Germany, the Staatsbibliothek still has to overcome the consequences of the Second World War and the division of Germany. The initial building at Unter den Linden in the Eastern part of Berlin

was able to acquire all issues from 4 June 1946 to 31 January 1947. The language of the newspaper is Yiddish, the colloquial languages of the DPs, the majority of whom came from Eastern Europe. Yiddish is [...] Poland and Lithuania. After the war, the Committee became an important helper in the chaotic post-World War II Germany. Many Jews who had survived the war as partisans, in the underground or in concentration

Among these, approximately 1,200 volumes are attributed to various Eastern Christian communities. Languages representing these manuscript traditions include Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Amharic, Old [...] exception (Tosefta, Ms. or. fol. 1220) - originated in medieval Ashkenaz. The Bible "Erfurt 1" is the world's largest Hebrew parchment manuscript which comprises two volumes of 584 and 484 leaves, measuring [...] collection of the BBAW was completed within the framework of this subproject. In addition to the language groups mentioned in the title of the subproject, other smaller collections, such as Xixia, Manchu