Author: Rachel Schlufman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1413437230
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
In this unique follow-up memoir to the author
Rachela
Author: Rachel Schlufman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1413437230
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
In this unique follow-up memoir to the author
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1413437230
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
In this unique follow-up memoir to the author
The Book Smugglers
Author: David E. Fishman
Publisher: University Press of New England
ISBN: 1512601268
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
The Book Smugglers is 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. It 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. And it is entirely true. Based on Jewish, German, and Soviet documents, including diaries, letters, memoirs, and the author's interviews with several of the story's participants, The Book Smugglers chronicles the daring activities of a group of poets turned partisans and scholars turned smugglers in Vilna, "The Jerusalem of Lithuania." The rescuers were pitted against Johannes Pohl, a Nazi "expert" on the Jews, who had been dispatched to Vilna by the Nazi looting agency, Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, to organize the seizure of the city's great collections of Jewish books. Pohl and his Einsatzstab staff planned to ship the most valuable materials to Germany and incinerate the rest. The Germans used forty ghetto inmates as slave-laborers to sort, select, pack, and transport the materials, either to Germany or to nearby paper mills. This group, nicknamed "the Paper Brigade," and informally led by poet Shmerke Kaczerginski, a garrulous, street-smart adventurer and master of deception, smuggled thousands of books and manuscripts past German guards. If caught, the men would have faced death by firing squad at Ponar, the mass-murder site outside of Vilna. To store the rescued manuscripts, poet Abraham Sutzkever helped build an underground book-bunker sixty feet beneath the Vilna ghetto. Kaczerginski smuggled weapons as well, using the group's worksite, the former building of the Yiddish Scientific Institute, to purchase arms for the ghetto's secret partisan organization. All the while, both men wrote poetry that was recited and sung by the fast-dwindling population of ghetto inhabitants. With the Soviet "liberation" of Vilna (now known as Vilnius), the Paper Brigade thought themselves and their precious cultural treasures saved-only to learn that their new masters were no more welcoming toward Jewish culture than the old, and the books must now be smuggled out of the USSR. Thoroughly researched by the foremost scholar of the Vilna Ghetto-a writer of exceptional daring, style, and reach-The Book Smugglers is an epic story of human heroism, a little-known tale from the blackest days of the war.
Publisher: University Press of New England
ISBN: 1512601268
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
The Book Smugglers is 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. It 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. And it is entirely true. Based on Jewish, German, and Soviet documents, including diaries, letters, memoirs, and the author's interviews with several of the story's participants, The Book Smugglers chronicles the daring activities of a group of poets turned partisans and scholars turned smugglers in Vilna, "The Jerusalem of Lithuania." The rescuers were pitted against Johannes Pohl, a Nazi "expert" on the Jews, who had been dispatched to Vilna by the Nazi looting agency, Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, to organize the seizure of the city's great collections of Jewish books. Pohl and his Einsatzstab staff planned to ship the most valuable materials to Germany and incinerate the rest. The Germans used forty ghetto inmates as slave-laborers to sort, select, pack, and transport the materials, either to Germany or to nearby paper mills. This group, nicknamed "the Paper Brigade," and informally led by poet Shmerke Kaczerginski, a garrulous, street-smart adventurer and master of deception, smuggled thousands of books and manuscripts past German guards. If caught, the men would have faced death by firing squad at Ponar, the mass-murder site outside of Vilna. To store the rescued manuscripts, poet Abraham Sutzkever helped build an underground book-bunker sixty feet beneath the Vilna ghetto. Kaczerginski smuggled weapons as well, using the group's worksite, the former building of the Yiddish Scientific Institute, to purchase arms for the ghetto's secret partisan organization. All the while, both men wrote poetry that was recited and sung by the fast-dwindling population of ghetto inhabitants. With the Soviet "liberation" of Vilna (now known as Vilnius), the Paper Brigade thought themselves and their precious cultural treasures saved-only to learn that their new masters were no more welcoming toward Jewish culture than the old, and the books must now be smuggled out of the USSR. Thoroughly researched by the foremost scholar of the Vilna Ghetto-a writer of exceptional daring, style, and reach-The Book Smugglers is an epic story of human heroism, a little-known tale from the blackest days of the war.
District Reports Containing Cases Decided in the Various Judicial Districts of the State of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania. Courts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
The Sunday Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Pennsylvania County Court Reports
Author: Pennsylvania. Courts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Pennsylvania County Court Reports
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Pennsylvania County Court Reports, Containing Cases Decided in the Courts of the Several Counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania. County Courts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Within the Stars
Author: Rachela Marie Lavita
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504906217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
This is the story of a young girl who is envious of her sister and meets her soul mate in a sweet sixteen party. She eventually had to wait for the right time to see him again because her dad has other obligations he wanted her to fulfill before settling down.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504906217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
This is the story of a young girl who is envious of her sister and meets her soul mate in a sweet sixteen party. She eventually had to wait for the right time to see him again because her dad has other obligations he wanted her to fulfill before settling down.
Dirty Dancing
Author: Rachela Colosi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351569406
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Based on ethnographic research conducted in 'Starlets', a lap-dancing club in the North of England, this book delves into what is often seen as the 'deviant', and 'stigmatized' world of lap-dancing. As well as the relationships between dancers, the author offers a unique insider's account of lap-dancing club culture, having worked as a lap-dancer both prior to, and during, the study. The book tells a fascinating tale of the author's experiences working as a lap dancer and the insights this has provided. This book projects a textured picture of working, socializing and living as a lap-dancer by following the dancer from the beginning of her career, to her eventual exit; providing a fluid and comprehensive examination of the occupation of lap-dancing. As well as building on the popular themes of 'dancer motivation', 'dancer exploitation/empowerment' and risk already embedded in existing literature, this book also offers completely new insight into this industry by drawing attention to the occupational subculture of which lap-dancers at 'Starlets' were found to be a part. This book is recommended for anyone studying or researching in this field.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351569406
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Based on ethnographic research conducted in 'Starlets', a lap-dancing club in the North of England, this book delves into what is often seen as the 'deviant', and 'stigmatized' world of lap-dancing. As well as the relationships between dancers, the author offers a unique insider's account of lap-dancing club culture, having worked as a lap-dancer both prior to, and during, the study. The book tells a fascinating tale of the author's experiences working as a lap dancer and the insights this has provided. This book projects a textured picture of working, socializing and living as a lap-dancer by following the dancer from the beginning of her career, to her eventual exit; providing a fluid and comprehensive examination of the occupation of lap-dancing. As well as building on the popular themes of 'dancer motivation', 'dancer exploitation/empowerment' and risk already embedded in existing literature, this book also offers completely new insight into this industry by drawing attention to the occupational subculture of which lap-dancers at 'Starlets' were found to be a part. This book is recommended for anyone studying or researching in this field.
Crying is Forbidden Here!
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789659121724
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789659121724
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description