Many exhibits from the Chinese Gelehrtenhaus, including stamps, ink stones, and decorative tiles, were recovered with fire and smoke damage from the ruins of the Buchgewerbehaus after the bombing of Leipzig on 4 December 1943.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by DNB's own blog and press releases plus independent Wikipedia entries confirming the Buchgewerbehaus bombing and recovered fire/smoke-damaged artifacts from the Chinese Gelehrtenhaus collection.
Sources
- Weltkultur und Weltkrieg – Bugra in Leipzig (blog.dnb.de)
- https://ausstellungen.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/provenienzgeschichten/ (ausstellungen.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de)
- https://www.kim-forum.org/DE/Aktuell/Presse/buecherUndBomben.html (kim-forum.org)