In this paper, the Author illustrates a little known event in history of book and in history of deportation in Italy. The concentration camp of Ferramonti (near Cosenza) was, in fact, a place of shared im-prisonment for at least three very special cultural figures, known and less known, more or less related to the history of the book; three men of which the Author draws the short story that led them first in the camp, then to emerge again in a unique way: Ernst Bernhard, Gustav Brenner and Werner Prager. Also can be added the figure of Israel Kalk, who crossed the threshold of the field, although not as a prisoner. Briefly, Gustav Brenner will not be enough recognized as a genuine pioneer of the facsimile edition in Italy (long before Arnaldo Forni) and he will re-main prominent editor in the history and traditions of Southern Italy; Werner Prager helped, with its activities of antiquarian bookseller, to re-cover the lost library of Theodor Mommsen; Ernst Bernhard will write his own memories during Ferramonti imprisonment, which will lay the foundation of his subsequent career as a famous psychoanalyst and writer; finally, Israel Kalk will provide a library for the camp, drawing from his own one, also rich in ancient Jewish and valuable books.
Un lager della bibliofilia: Ferramonti di Tàrsia (Bernhard, Brenner, Kalk e Prager) / Fragale, Luca. - In: CULTURE DEL TESTO E DEL DOCUMENTO. - ISSN 1593-5698. - STAMPA. - (2015), pp. 93-104.
Un lager della bibliofilia: Ferramonti di Tàrsia (Bernhard, Brenner, Kalk e Prager)
FRAGALE, LUCA
2015
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In this paper, the Author illustrates a little known event in history of book and in history of deportation in Italy. The concentration camp of Ferramonti (near Cosenza) was, in fact, a place of shared im-prisonment for at least three very special cultural figures, known and less known, more or less related to the history of the book; three men of which the Author draws the short story that led them first in the camp, then to emerge again in a unique way: Ernst Bernhard, Gustav Brenner and Werner Prager. Also can be added the figure of Israel Kalk, who crossed the threshold of the field, although not as a prisoner. Briefly, Gustav Brenner will not be enough recognized as a genuine pioneer of the facsimile edition in Italy (long before Arnaldo Forni) and he will re-main prominent editor in the history and traditions of Southern Italy; Werner Prager helped, with its activities of antiquarian bookseller, to re-cover the lost library of Theodor Mommsen; Ernst Bernhard will write his own memories during Ferramonti imprisonment, which will lay the foundation of his subsequent career as a famous psychoanalyst and writer; finally, Israel Kalk will provide a library for the camp, drawing from his own one, also rich in ancient Jewish and valuable books.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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