A Brief History of the Paper Brigade

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Join us for a brief, fast-paced history of the Paper Brigade, a group of poets and scholars who risked their lives to smuggle Jewish books and materials from YIVO’s collections during World War II. Using a variety of photos and books from YIVO's collections, Eddy Portnoy (YIVO’s Academic Advisor & Exhibitions Curator) delves into the harrowing story of how these materials escape destruction at the hands of the Nazis and the Soviet Union.