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Jewish Cultural Resistance in Vilna

Vilna, before the Second World War, was a famed capital of Jewish religious and secular culture in Eastern Europe. The home of the Vilna Gaon, the Strashun Library, the YIVO Institute and the birthplace of the Bund, Vilna had a special place among interwar European Jewish communities. During the war, the Jews of Vilna fought back with a important form of cultural resistance. Join Professors David Fishman and Justin Cammy as we explore the heritage of prewar Vilna and the heroic efforts of a team of Jewish scholars and poets to save the original manuscripts and books which were the physical expressions of the written heritage of the Jewish people. We will also delve into the fascinating attempt of one poet, Avrom Sutzkever, to eternalize the legacy of the Vilna ghetto almost immediately after the war.











When: Sun., Jun. 10, 2018 at 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Where: Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Pl.
646-437-4202
Price: Free
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Vilna, before the Second World War, was a famed capital of Jewish religious and secular culture in Eastern Europe. The home of the Vilna Gaon, the Strashun Library, the YIVO Institute and the birthplace of the Bund, Vilna had a special place among interwar European Jewish communities. During the war, the Jews of Vilna fought back with a important form of cultural resistance. Join Professors David Fishman and Justin Cammy as we explore the heritage of prewar Vilna and the heroic efforts of a team of Jewish scholars and poets to save the original manuscripts and books which were the physical expressions of the written heritage of the Jewish people. We will also delve into the fascinating attempt of one poet, Avrom Sutzkever, to eternalize the legacy of the Vilna ghetto almost immediately after the war.

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