Author Talk, The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
Professor David Fishman of The Jewish Theological Seminary will discuss the heroes of the Vilna ghetto who rescued art and literature from the Germans. His book has been hailed as has been hailed as “Monuments Men for book lovers” and “first-rate scholarship that pulses with the beat of a most human heart.
. This is a stunning true story of heroism, resistance, spirit, and romance by renowned Professor David Fishman of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
This is a Zoom program. It is a joint program with the Pound Ridge, Bedford, Lewisboro and Chappaqua libraries. We are able to have Professor Fishman through the generosity of Ruth and Gerry Fischbach.