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
Summary
The Monuments Men for book lovers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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