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Die Exlibris von Ernst G. Preuß

Abstract

Successful and purposeful provenance research is measured, among other things, by the clear identification of owner’s marks such as dedications, signatures and bookplates, as well as the restitution of the objects examined. Using the example of the identification process of the bookplates of the social policy expert Ernst G. Preuß (1891–1966), who was persecuted as Jewish in Nazi Germany and forced into exile, it is shown how helpful it can be to deal openly with the research data collected and how essential it is to draw on the expertise of non-librarians in order to implement a provenance research of this kind.