, ▁which ▁goes ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁ac quis itions ▁of ▁the ▁V ienn ese ▁of ▁ant ique ▁deal er ▁The odor ▁Graf . ▁ ▁First ▁Republic ▁and ▁German ▁Reich ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁pro clam ation ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁Austria , ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Library ▁was ▁renamed ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁as ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁National ▁Library . ▁The ▁collection ▁politics ▁of ▁intermediate ▁w art ime ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁" the ▁national ▁literature ▁of ▁those ▁German ▁tr unks , ▁which ▁came ▁now ▁under ▁foreign - n ational ▁rule ." ▁The ▁director ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁library ▁was ▁Josef ▁Don aba um . ▁Under ▁the ▁line ▁of ▁the ▁general ▁manager , ▁Paul ▁He ig l , ▁during ▁the ▁Naz i ▁period ▁( NS - zeit ), ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁writ ings ▁were ▁accommod ated ▁here ▁or ▁the ▁library ▁served ▁for ▁majority ▁the ▁worth less , ▁but ▁seized ▁works ▁as ▁trans it ▁cam ps ▁into ▁German ▁libraries . ▁ ▁" The ▁historical ▁her itage ▁of ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁National ▁Library ▁is ▁not ▁free ▁of ▁in just ice ▁and ▁gu ilt . ▁That ▁is ▁true ▁in ▁a ▁particular ▁manner ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁National ▁Social ism . ▁Led ▁by ▁a ▁fan at ical ▁National ▁Social ist , ▁Paul ▁He ig l , ▁the ▁National ▁Library ▁was ▁an ▁active ▁particip ant ▁on ▁a ▁grand ▁scale ▁in ▁the ▁system atic ▁ro bb ing ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁place ▁of ▁Jewish ▁citizens , ▁but ▁also ▁of ▁other ▁vict ims ▁of ▁the ▁Naz i ▁regime . ▁Despite ▁considerable