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The book smugglers : partisans, poets, and the race to save Jewish treasures from the Nazis
Title
The book smugglers : partisans, poets, and the race to save Jewish treasures from the Nazis.
ISBN
9781512600490
1512600490
Publication
Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2017]
Physical Description
xv, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Other formats
Online version: Fishman, David E., 1957- author. Book smugglers Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2017]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 26, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Before the war
Shmerke
the life of the party
The city of the book
Under German occupation
The first assault
Intellectuals in Hell
A haven for books and people
A rescued gem: the record book of the Vilna Gaon's synagogue
Accomplices or saviors?
The Nazi, the Bard, and the teacher
Ponar for books
The paper brigade
The art of book smuggling
A rescued gem: Herzl's diary
The book and the sword
Slave-labor curators and scholars
From the ghetto to the forest
Death in Estonia
Miracle from Moscow
After the war
From under the ground
A museum like no other
A rescued gem: Sholem Aleichem's letters
Struggling under the Soviets
Tears in New York
The decision to leave
The art of book smuggling
again
Rachela's choice
Parting duties
A rescued gem: the bust of Tolstoy and other Russians
Wanderings: Poland and Prague
Paris
Return from Offenbach, or Kalmanovitch's prophecy
From liquidation to redemption
The path to liquidation
Later lives
Forty years in the wilderness
Grains of wheat.
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