The silent shelves speak volumes: Chachmei Lublin’s lost library
When the Nazis took over the city a few weeks after the outbreak of World War II, in September 1939, this priceless treasure trove of Jewish knowledge fell into German hands.
Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin after the building was occupied by the German army in World War II.(photo credit: Der Stuermer Archive/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum/Archive of Mechanical Documentation)ByALEX WINSTONUpdated: