Dimensions
161 x 241 x 29mm
The Monuments Men for book lovers. 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. This is a tale of heroism and resistance, of friendship and romance, and of unwavering devotion - including the readiness to risk one's life - to literature and art. Thoroughly researched by the foremost scholar of the Vilna Ghetto. The Book Smugglers is an epic story of human heroism, a little-known tale from the blackest days of the war.
