Epistolophilia : writing the life of Ona Šimaitė /

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Author / Creator:	Šukys, Julija.
Imprint:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Šimaitė, Ona, -- 1894-1970. Šimaitė, Ona, -- 1894-1970 -- Correspondence. Šimaitė, Ona, -- 1894-1970 -- Diaries. Šimaitė, Ona, -- 1894-1970 Biography -- Authorship. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- Biography. Holocaust survivors -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania -- Vilnius. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Lithuania -- Vilnius. Librarians -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- Biography. Biography -- Authorship. Holocaust survivors. Librarians. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. Vilnius (Lithuania) -- Biography. Lithuania -- Vilnius. Electronic books. Biographies. Diaries. Personal correspondence.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11150132

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ISBN:	9780803240308 0803240309 9780803236325 0803236328
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217). Print version record.
Summary:	The librarian walks the streets of her beloved Paris. An old lady with a limp and an accent, she is invisible to most. Certainly no one recognizes her as the warrior and revolutionary she was, when again and again she slipped into the Jewish ghetto of German-occupied Vilnius to carry food, clothes, medicine, money, and counterfeit documents to its prisoners. Often she left with letters to deliver, manuscripts to hide, and even sedated children swathed in sacks. In 1944 she was captured by the Gestapo, tortured for twelve days, and deported to Dachau. Through Epistolophilia, Julija Šukys fol.
Other form:	Print version: Šukys, Julija. Epistolophilia. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012 9780803236325
Standard no.:	9786613664457

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