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Fire in historic library in Weimar destroyed more books than previously thought

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20040921
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AP Worldstream
09-21-2004
Dateline: WEIMAR, Germany
A fire that hit a historic German library earlier this month destroyed twice as many books as previously thought, with some 50,000 works suffering irreparable fire damage, officials said Tuesday.

The Sept. 2 fire at Weimar's Duchess Anna Amalia Library tore through the roof and top floor of the 16th-century rococo palace housing the library, destroying classic books from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in the city where the nation's most revered writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, spent much of his life.

"The damages are much more terrible ...

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