page_title: International Youth Library
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: International Youth Library / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Sitz der Internationalen Jugendbibliothek ist Schloss Blutenburg in MünchenEnglish: Blutenburg Castle, built in the 15th century, houses the International Youth Library since 1983.
context_page_description: The International Youth Library in Munich is a library that specializes in the collection of children and youth literature from around the world in order to make them available to the public, focusing on the international community. This library is the largest of its kind worldwide, and has been operating since June 1983, in Blutenburg Castle in the Munich district Obermenzing, before this time the library was located in Schwabing.
context_section_description: The Munich library was founded in 1949 by the journalist and author Jella Lepman. The idea was a huge success because of the youth book exhibition in 1946, from which the exhibition material became the basis for the library's collection. On 14 September 1949, the international youth library opened with a collection of over 8000 volumes. Jella Lepman's idea to promote tolerance, reconciliation and understanding of other life forms and cultures with the help of international child and youth books as influential material, was received by the public with great interest. The international youth library serves as an archive of the valuable and rare collection, as well as a place for children’s gathering and interacting and to promote its objectives.
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