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1. yivo.org › The-Paper-BrigadeThe Paper Brigade | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

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   The Book Smugglers chronicles a little-known chapter from the darkest days of Jewish history: the story of the courageous Jews of the “Paper Brigade,” who risked their lives to rescue thousands of rare books and manuscripts—from the Nazis and the Soviets—by hiding them on their bodies, burying them in bunkers in the Vilna Ghetto, and ...

2. www.thejc.com › life-and-culture › allThe Paper Brigade's death-defying mission

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   Jan 6, 2022 · Eighty years ago a small group of Jewish men and women embarked on an extraordinary mission, which they might have thought at the time was doomed — to save from the Nazis thousands of documents,...

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3. cjh.org › visit › exhibit-archiveCenter for Jewish History :: 15 W. 16th Street NY, NY 10011

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   Dec 8, 2018 · Under the most harrowing conditions, they saved numerous cultural treasures — first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets. Known as “The Paper Brigade,” they were a group of slave laborers who smuggled and hid rare books and manuscripts in the midst of the Holocaust.

4. honesthistory.co › the-paper-brigadeThe Paper Brigade – Honest History

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   Apr 20, 2024 · Germany’s Nazi Party had decided these historical documents were not worth keeping and planned to destroy them. But, to the Paper Brigade, these books and papers were treasures that needed to be saved. And they were willing to risk it all. This is the story of the Paper Brigade and its daring plan to rescue history. About Honest History

5. vimeo.com › ondemand › paperbrigadeenWatch The Paper Brigade [English version] Online - Vimeo

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   Jun 25, 2021 · Genres: Documentary. Duration: 1 hour 36 seconds. Availability: Worldwide. The moving story of how a small band of Jewish poets and writers saved priceless collections of Jewish books and manuscripts from destruction during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, and then again during the Sovietisation of the Baltic states.

6. www.lesfilmsdelamemoire.be › the-paper-brigadeThe Paper Brigade – Les Films de la Mémoire

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   The Paper Brigade was a group of 40 Jewish poets, writers and intellectuals who during the Nazi occupation of Vilna (now Vilnius), Lithuania, risked their lives to save the city’s Jewish library collections from destruction in Poland, Belarus and Russia.

7. jewishfilmfestivals.org › films › 2018The Paper Brigade - Jewish Film Festivals

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   The Paper Brigade. The moving story of how a small band of Jewish poets and writers saved priceless collections of Jewish books and manuscripts from destruction during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, and then again during the Sovietisation of the Baltic states. Original title: