http://www.mises.org/lostpapers.asp In a dramatic discovery at the end of the Cold War, Ludwig von Mises's papers from his life and work in Vienna, Austria, were found in a formerly secret Soviet archive in Moscow. The papers are Mises's personal and professional archives from 1900 to the mid-1930s, a time of explosive intellectual and political development, when he battled national and international socialism on all fronts, and laid the groundwork for his great defense of the free economy and society. What's more, the very same Moscow archive contains the papers of Mises's associates, both friends and opponents from politics and academic life. All these papers are essential in helping to piece together the story of Mises's years as one of Europe's intellectual giants. In 1938, when the Nazis made their move into Austria, Mises had already been teaching in Geneva at the Institute for International Studies for four years. The German police entered Mises's Vienna apartment (where he had stopped for a short visit only weeks earlier), examined his papers, packed them into 38 boxes, and took them away. That isn't the whole article; there is more on the link. The Austrian School is the same economic thought that Ron Paul follows. Figured not many people would answer this. R.J., perhaps. That is a reasonable theory. Doesn't explain why they would take the work physically FROM him and put it in a secret vault..... and in either scenario, it's favorable for the Austrian School...
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Because they're Nazis and they hate freedom, and freedom is what his economics supported.
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same reason they burned libraries. To bury the truth.
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I agree with the other answers (first 3). And this reminds me of the disappearance of Nikola Tesla's papers from his estate. Just after his death, gov't men-in-black muscled their way in to his Manhattan home and carted off his life's works. The question is: Why? Same in this case. Thanks!!! ...
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How interesting and you should have some more answers. The Nazis were very paper oriented and interested in a ton of stuff from all over. Not sure what they were up to and will have to research. It would be interesting if they were going to use that to solidify the entire area once the Germans had been settled in all the occupied lands. I see no reason why they would suppress his studies.
