Hyperinflation in the 1920s drove the "Deutsches Museum für Buch und Schrift" into financial ruin.
Sources
- Thementag „Provenienz und Herkunft“ (blog.dnb.de)
- https://ausstellungen.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/kuenstlerspende/ (ausstellungen.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de)
- https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/bfp-2017-0005/html?lang=en (degruyterbrill.com)
- https://fabian.sub.uni-goettingen.de/fabian?Deutsches_Buch-_Und_Schriftmuseum= (fabian.sub.uni-goettingen.de)
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