By his first night there (1943)
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- The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family whole source · open book
Even this rump operation was disbanded when the Warburg librarian, Hans Meier, was killed by a bomb. When financial guarantees for the Warburg library expired in 1943, Aby’s books again faced a grave fiscal crisis. Fritz Saxl rebuffed an invitation from the Library of Congress in Washington to adopt the Institute, believing they had a moral obligation to remain in Britain.
chapter: 36 - Little Man and Fat Boy