"It was like gouging out the crown jewels,' Hieronim Grala, a former diplomat, an expert in Russia policy and professor at the University of Warsaw told AFP.
A university employee with knowledge of the matter estimated the value of the stolen books at 'around a million euros'.
Experts believe the stolen works have found their way to Russia, with at least some sold off at hasty auctions in Moscow.
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