Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The book smugglers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

982090807

Sub title

partisans, poets, and the race to save Jewish treasures from the Nazis

Table Of 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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