Weimar blazes a trail with restoration of burned books

Ten days after the fire in 2004 that engulfed the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar and devoured a treasure trove of German national culture, the Berliner Zeitung newspaper declared the library beyond saving, saying that it would be stupid to try to restore the books.For library staff, there was no doubt that whatever could be salvaged, should be. Around 50,000 books were burned to a cinder and lost foreverbut 12 years later, a new permanent exhibition at the library examines how a further