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The Paper Brigade was the name given to a group of residents of the Vilna Ghetto who hid a large cache of Jewish cultural items from YIVO (the Yiddish Scientific Institute), saving them from destruction or theft by Nazi Germany.
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. Theirs is an incredible story of cultural resistance in the face of almost certain death.
Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrǣd [ˈæɫvˌræːd]; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
- King Alfred
- Revival and Fight Back
- Personal Qualities of Alfred The Great
- Myth of Alfred and The Burnt Cakes
- Legacy
In April 871, King Æthelred died and Arthur was crowned the King of Wessex. But, almost immediately, the kingdom came under further attack from a rampaging Viking army (or Great Heathen Army as it was known to the Anglo-Saxons) Given his lack of military strength, Alfred sued for a temporary peace and paid off the Vikings (known as Danegeld) to ret...
In 878, King Alfred emerged from his semi-hiding and raised local noblemen and soldiers who remained loyal to Wessex. It was a testament to his leadership and character that he was able to summon troops and retain loyalty – even though it looked an almost lost cause against the all-conquering Vikings. Alfred’s armies met the Vikings and won a decis...
Unusually for a King of that time, Alfred was interested in education, and he personally translated several Latin works into English. He was also concerned that his own subjects should gain an education – a revolutionary idea for the time. Alfred also was a committed Christain, who not only paid lip-service to the new religion but sought to live ac...
An enduring myth relating to Alfred was an incident that occurred during his years of wandering in the marshes. On one occasion he sought refuge in the house of an ordinary woman who was baking cakes. Completely unaware of who Alfred was, she left him in charge of her loaves of bread in the oven. Alfred was so absorbed in the problems of his kingdo...
Many regarded him as the greatest Western European ruler since Charlemagne. He is the only British king to gain the epithet ‘Great’ and is widely admired for the unusual combination of military strength – used in the defence of his country, but also a sense of justice, compassion, wisdom and fairness. English historian, Edward Freeman writes of Alf...
Alfred the Great (Old English Ælfræd: c. 849 - 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. He was the first king from the British Isles to call himself the 'King of the Anglo-Saxons ' and so he is sometimes said to be the first English king. Alfred started the Royal Navy in the 9th century.
Dec 16, 2012 · During WWII, a small group of Jewish scholars called “the paper brigade” waged a modern Maccabean revolt in an effort to preserve Yiddish literature.
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May 21, 2018 · The Anglo-Saxon Alfred (849-899), sometimes called Alfred the Great, was king of Wessex from 871 to 899. He successfully halted the advance of Danish armies seeking to conquer the English, and he stimulated a revival of learning among his war-ravaged people.
