The Book Smugglers : Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis (Hardcover)

from hadden

David E. Fishman used personal interviews, primary and secondary sources in English, German, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Russian and Yiddish languages and museum archives to tell the story of "The Paper Brigade" of Jewish prisoners in the Vilnius, Lithuania ghetto who preserved some of the cultural herit...

from thewanderingjew

This is an interesting and moving book about a group of prisoners in Vilnius, Poland whose monumental efforts saved Jewish literature for future generations. This is a scholarly work that cannot be read quickly. There is too much to absorb. There is much written on these pages that I already am a...

from lindapanzo

This is a fascinating look at the book brigade who, as best as they could salvaged Jewish books, papers, and other cultural items from the Nazis in Vilna, the "Jerusalem of Lithuania" during the war. This portion of the book makes for an incredible story of survival and daring. The second half of...

from JBD1

Quite an incredible story about Vilna's "Paper Brigade," a group of committed men and women who saved books and manuscripts from destruction by the Nazis (and later by the Soviets). This is a fascinating tale, and Fishman's thorough research is very impressive. I wish, though, that the book had s...

from hadden

David E. Fishman used personal interviews, primary and secondary sources in English, German, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Russian and Yiddish languages and museum archives to tell the story of "The Paper Brigade" of Jewish prisoners in the Vilnius, Lithuania ghetto who preserved some of the cultural herit...