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Hadassah book group
November 4, 2019 @ 7:00 pm
The Sara Frank Chapter of Hadassah book group in Burlington, VT meets monthly to discuss books with Jewish content and relevance. Meetings are informal and held at each others’ homes on the first Monday of the month. All are welcome to join for interesting discussions, tasty snacks, and socializing. Note that we are meeting a half our earlier than usual – our “winter schedule’. For more information call 802-865-2329 or email [email protected].
DATE- November 4th
TIME- 7:00 PM
TITLE-The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis by David E. Fishman
SYNOPSIS-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.
HOST-Barbara Wilde
RSVP- [email protected]
FACILITATOR-Gladwyn Leiman
