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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.
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.
Dec 19, 2022 · 1 online resource (xvi, 387 pages) : Based upon two conferences held in 1999 the papers that comprise this collection present a full contextualization of King Alfred by setting him against contemporary rulers across the whole of Europe. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction.
Jul 24, 2020 · Alfred the Great. 1. Alfred's Dynasty and its Forebears -- 2. Alfred's Parents and Family -- 3. Alfred's Visits to Rome in 853 and 855, and his Boyhood to 866 -- 4. The Chief Places of Christian and Pagan Europe: trade, forts and the origins of towns before the 860s -- 5. Pagan Europe: Denmark and the Franks before the 860s -- 6.
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.
Aug 15, 2009 · The whole works of King Alfred the Great, with preliminary essays, illustrative of the history, arts, and manners, of the ninth century. Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
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Jul 1, 2024 · Alfred the Great; containing chapters on his life and times (1899), edited by Alfred Bowker IA. Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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