The book smugglers : partisans, poets, and the race to save Jewish treasures from the Nazis

The book smugglers : partisans, poets, and the race to save Jewish treasures from the Nazis / David E. Fishman.

The Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts--first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets--by hiding them on their bodies, burying them in bunkers, and smuggling them across borders. It is a tale of heroism and resista...

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Main Author: Fishman, David E., 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2017]
Subjects:
Kaczerginski, Szmerke, > 1908-1954.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Europe.
Cultural property > Protection > Europe.
Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Europe.
Jewish libraries > Destruction and pillage > Europe.
Art thefts > Europe.
Vilnius (Lithuania)

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