Embers plucked from the fire: the rescue of Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna
НазваниеEmbers plucked from the fire: the rescue of Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna
Автор
Call number363.310943/0001
Номер объекта05223D
Место публикацииAmherst, Massachusetts, United States
Год выпуска
2000
Нумерация страницpp66-78
МатериалArticle
СерииStudies in print culture and the history of the book
ISBN1558492534
NotesArticle from the book 'Holocaust and the book' edited by Jonathan Rose pp66-78
Описание
Discusses the efforts to collect and preserve Jewish historical documents and cultural treasures in Eastern Europe.This began with Simon Dubnov in 1891, broadened into a social movement with the founding of YIVO in 1925 and culminated with the rescue activities by Abraham Sutzkever, Shmerke Kaczerginski and others in Vilna between 1942 and 1946