In a representative assessment of the imprint 's impact , Ismar Schorsch writes : What is most remarkable about this inspired series is its almost unbounded cultural range and the speed at which it was produced . The 83 titles convey a conception of Judaism as a religious civilisation that spans the Bible , rabbinic literature , medieval and modern Hebrew poetry , philosophy and mysticism , folklore and popular culture , letters and memoirs , modern belles lettres and poetry in German and Yiddish , as well as works of Jewish history and historical sources . More remarkable still is the fact that the series , which began publishing six months '' after '' the Nazi book burnings , continued activity until the end of 1938 , when the events following Kristallnacht made it impossible to continue . The last book in the series , Hermann Cohen 's '' Briefe '' , although dated 1939 , was actually printed in late 1938 . The previous summer , volume 68 , a reprint of '' Die Judenbuche '' , a novel by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was ( save for a few copies ) pulped by the Nazis . ( A second volume 68 , Schneersohn 's '' Die Geschichte von Chajim '' was printed in its place . ) From that point on , the series carried the Nazi-imposed " Jüdischer Buchverlag " ( Jewish Publisher ) on the title page of all volumes
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