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Book SynopsisThis is the story of how a free civilization decides what to do with the material remains of a world torn asunder, and how those remains connect survivors with their past. It is the story of Jews struggling to understand the new realities of their post-Holocaust world and of Western society’s gradual realization of the magnitude of devastation wrought by World War II.
Trade Review"Glickman has produced a provocative history that preserves this important yet often overlooked aspect of the Holocaust, and readers will come away with a valuable perspective on how the written word can be abused for the sake of cultural genocide."—
Kirkus"An epic story."
—Washington Book Review"This book is a must-read for every Jewish library and every university library as well."—Philip K. Jason, Jewish Book Council
"Fascinating and eminently readable."—Rabbi Robert Orkand
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Stolen Words is an epic story."—Dov Peretz Elkins,
Jewish Media Review"Glickman . . . tells this story with skill and authority."—Sheldon Kirshner,
Times of Israel“[This is] a compelling and emotionally powerful story.”—Daniel M. Bronstein, historian and contributor to
The Cambridge Dictionary of Jewish History, Religion, and Culture“A little-known story powerfully told,
Stolen Words kept me on the edge of my seat.”—Aaron Lansky, president of the Yiddish Book Center and author of
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books“A genuine page-turner, written with engaging prose and heartfelt passion. . . . As Rabbi Mark Glickman artfully reminds us, books are ultimately the couriers of human civilization. In their redemption we keep faith with our past and sustain hope in our future.”—Gary P. Zola, executive director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion
“A wonderfully written book about an extremely important event in history, neglected until now: the loss and retrieval of Jewish cultural treasures during the Holocaust.”—David E. Fishman, professor of Jewish history at Jewish Theological Seminary and senior research scholar at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Loading the Jewish Bookshelf2. Antisemites and the Jewish Written Word3. From Bonfires to Bookshelves4. Talmud Scholars, Hebraists, and Other Nazi Looters5. Pillage6. Resistance7. Rescue8. Restitution9. Looted Books in the New Jewish Landscape10. Jewish Cultural Reconstruction11. Where Are They Now?AfterwordNotesIndex
