In der Nacht vom 2. auf den 3. September 2004 brach in der Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek in Weimar ein verheerender Großbrand aus. Rund 50.000 historische Bücher und seltene Drucke verbrannten in dieser Nacht und gingen damit der Nachwelt unwiederbringlich verloren. Etwa 66.000 Bände aus den vergangenen 400 Jahren wurden mit teils schweren Brand- und Wasserschäden geborgen. Doch nicht erst seit der Katastrophe von Weimar arbeiten Forscher fieberhaft daran, historisch bedeutende Bücher und Druckwerke vor der Zerstörung zu bewahren. Buchbestände in nahezu allen Bibliotheken verrotten mit hoher Geschwindigkeit. Vor allem die “sauren" Papiere, die in den vergangenen 100 Jahren in
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