UberLibrarian

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It's amazing to me that there were so many people who were willing to risk their lives to save books. What kind of a person rushes into a flaming building to rescue bound printed matter? It may not have been as bad as all that, but still there was a real threat and those stout German librarians continued to rescue books.
My respect for Germans increases daily- they abound in wonders: Martin Luther, Oktoberfest, Spiel des Jahres, and reckless librarians who probably meet at the tavern and exchange Luther quotes over mugs of malt beverages while playing games after rescuing precious books from a menacing inferno.
Surely these librarians had beards.