The German National Bibliography celebrates its 75th anniversary

It is now 75 years ago that the “Bibliographie der Deutschen Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main” was published for the first time, on 1 March 1947. After World War II and the political division of Germany, it was the equivalent of the Leipzig edition, which had already appeared as the “Deutsche Nationalbibliographie” since 3 January 1931 published by the Deutsche Bücherei in Leipzig. Learn more about the changeful history and successful development of the German National Bibliography, today “Deutsche Nationalbibliografie”, with this blog post and in more detail with the online publication Die Deutsche Nationalbibliografie und ihre Formate: 1931 bis 2030.