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Hunger for the Printed Word
David Shavit
其他書名
Books and Libraries in the Jewish Ghettos of Nazi-occupied Europe
出版McFarland & Company, Publishers, 1997
主題Education / Library & Information ScienceHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / GeneralHistory / Modern / 20th Century / HolocaustLiterary Criticism / Books & ReadingReference / General
ISBN07864020329780786402038
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Ig4WAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In the years leading up to World War II, libraries played an increasingly significant role in the culture lives of East European Jews. With secondary education largely closed to them, particularly in Poland, and private schools beyond the means of most families, libraries were the center of education for many Jewish youth. The war worsened conditions for East European Jews and made libraries even more important. Amid the squalor, books provided many with an opportunity to escape for a while and offered renewed hope and willpower. Maintaining libraries was also an act of resistance, helping the people keep a hold on their humanity and a cultural link with the past. This work details the story of libraries in five of the largest ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe: Lodz' and Warsaw in Poland, Kovno and Vilna in Lithuania, and Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia.