Roundtable: Saving Jewish Cultural Legacy: Libraries & Archives During and After WWII
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A roundtable discussion featuring:
· David Fishman, Jewish Theological Seminary, author of The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
· Lisa Leff, American University & U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, author of The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust
· Dan Rabinowitz, The Seforim Blog, author of The Lost Library: The Legacy of Vilna’s Strashun Library in the Aftermath of the Holocaust
· Moderated by Sarah Shoemaker, Associate University Librarian for Archives & Special Collections, Brandeis University
Presented by Brandeis Library & The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry.
Reception and book signing to follow. RSVP required