TY - JOUR AU - Margaret F. Stieg AB - In Germany, public libraries were a central feature of Catholic adult education activity and carried on the work of Catholic schools. By the time of the Nazi takeover a strong system of Catholic public libraries existed in Germany. Examines Nazi efforts to promulgate a new theory of public librarianship with the goal of weakening and supplanting Catholic public libraries. BT - Catholic Historical Review IS - April LA - English N2 - In Germany, public libraries were a central feature of Catholic adult education activity and carried on the work of Catholic schools. By the time of the Nazi takeover a strong system of Catholic public libraries existed in Germany. Examines Nazi efforts to promulgate a new theory of public librarianship with the goal of weakening and supplanting Catholic public libraries. PY - 1991 SP - 235 EP - 259 T2 - Catholic Historical Review TI - Catholic Libraries and Public Libraries in the Third Reich: A Reciprocal Relationship VL - 77 ER -