Title: Overdue Books
Description: Hannah's zine is based on her library school thesis project on books taken by Israeli librarians and soldiers from Palestinian homes in 1948, and how the books are still in Israeli libraries marked as "Abandoned Property." Many of the AP books have the owners' names still in them, and Hannah includes a story of being able to help return one book to its original owner. There is an interview with Mohammed Batrawi, a Palestinian prisoner of war. Hannah addresses parallels with the story of the Theresienstadt concentration camp library, and the Nazi seizure of Jewish books.
Subjects: Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949, Destruction and pillage, Palestinian Arabs, History, Cultural property, Books
Places: Israel, Palestine
Time periods: 20th century