Author: KRAUS, FRITZ RUDOLF. Schmidt, Jan. (ed.).
Title: Dreizehn Jahre Istanbul (1937-1949). Der deutsche Assyriologe Fritz Rudolf Kraus und sein Briefwechsel im türkischen Exil. [COMPLETE SET].
Description: Leiden & Boston, Brill, 2014. XX,906, VI,848 pp. Orig. uniform hardcovers )pictorial boards). Complete set of two volumes. Text in German, including an introduction in English. - - The German Assyriologist Fritz Rudolf Kraus was an academic emigrant who was forced to leave Germany during the Nazi period. Kraus spent thirteen years in exile in Istanbul, where he was appointed cataloguer at the Archaeological Museum. During his exile he kept in touch with his family in Germany and with colleagues, in particular his former teacher, Benno Landsberger, who had moved to Ankara in 1935. The selection of his voluminous correspondence presented in this work is an important source for the history of both Turkey and Germany during the years 1937 to 1950. - Original new price = € 449,--

Keywords: Archaeology Orient Assyria Archeologie Oriënt Assyrië