Bought a book from Germany that was banned in 1933 and customs held it for 6 weeks

I ordered a copy of this old sci-fi novel from a dealer in Berlin back in January. Turns out the book was listed on some historical banned list from the Nazi era and customs flagged it for review. They actually made me write a letter explaining why I needed it for personal research. Six weeks later it finally showed up, but by then I had already read a digital scan online. Has anyone else dealt with customs over imported books that were banned decades ago?

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umabailey4h ago

A friend of mine ordered a psychology book from the 1930s that got held up for a month because it was on some old Soviet banned list... customs made him prove it wasn't political propaganda.