Company library of the Velsen pit

RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open Gallery

State Chancellery Saarland
Saarbrücken, Germany

These libraries were financed by the profits of coffee kitchens and membership fees. Miners standing in line for books at the Velsen pit library accompanied by the strict gaze of Goethe and the principle "Deines Geistes Nahrung ist ein gutes Buch" ("A good book nurtures the mind").

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Title: Company library of the Velsen pit
Creator: RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken, Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open Gallery
Subject Keywords: Das Erbe Kapitel 18 – Langer Abschied

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