The Book Smugglers is a story of human heroism and a powerful account of how a small group of ghetto prisoners saved thousands of rare manuscripts and books at the risk of their own lives. A little-known case that saved valuable works from the fires of first Nazi and then Soviet censorship. David Fishman's beautifully written and fascinating study sheds new and powerful light not only on a dark chapter of the Holocaust, but also on some of the larger issues in twentieth-century Eastern European Jewish history. The book explores how the rich intellectual heritage of the local community found expression in an astonishing cultural rescue operation during and after the German occupation. “The Book Smugglers” is a wonderful work that stands out for its beautiful and light prose, amazing characters and descriptions of rescued treasures. The publishing layout is saved in a4.pdf format.