Jewish Museum Milwaukee's 'Book Smugglers' Honors Those Who Risked Their Lives to Save Books
The people honored in the new exhibition at Jewish Museum Milwaukee resisted oppression by saving books from the bonfires.
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The people honored in the new exhibition at Jewish Museum Milwaukee resisted oppression by saving books from the bonfires.
The Grandparents I Never Knew I only knew that they had been killed by terrible people called Nazis during the war. All my life their only photograph was on display in our living room but as as a child I always felt afraid to look at them too closely. They were my father’s parents but, unlike my maternal grandparents, I knew nothing about them. I only knew that I was named Menucha after my unknown grandmother and that she and my grandfather Menachem Mendel had been killed by terrible people called Nazis during the war. My father’s parents.