Baroque Text Returns to Innsbruck
Why this is here: The printed work originates from 1689 and details the writings of Jesuit missionary Franz Xaver, who worked in India.
The Restitution Advisory Board recently recommended returning a baroque-era printed work to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science. The item originated from the Collegium Canisianum in Innsbruck, once part of the Jesuit order. A stamp identifies the text as relating to Jesuit missionary Franz Xaver.
The work, from 1689, likely moved to the “Central Library of the Higher School of the NSDAP” in Berlin after the Jesuit college closed during the Nazi period. Near the end of World War II, book collections seized by the Nazis moved to Carinthia.
Some of these books then entered the Vienna University Library. Now, the 1689 print is expected to return to Innsbruck. The board’s recommendation still requires action from the Ministry of Science to finalize the transfer.
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