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The Paper Brigade
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The Paper Brigade

(La Brigade des papiers)

20181hDocumentaryHistory

Overview

Lithuania, 1941, during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of texts on Jewish culture, stolen by the Germans, are gathered in Vilnius to be classified, either to be stored or to be destroyed. A group of Jewish scholars and writers, commissioned by the invaders to carry out the sorting operations, but reluctant to collaborate and determined to save their legacy, hide many books in the ghetto where they are confined. This is the epic story of the Paper Brigade.

#holocaust (shoah)#world war ii#soviet union#jew persecution#book burning#antisemitism#post world war ii#jewish culture#yiddish language#jewish history#vilnius, lithuania

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Alternative Titles

The Paper Brigade: Saving Yiddish Culture in VilniusGB
Papier-Brigade: Die Shoah und die Bücher von VilniusDE
La Brigada de Papel: la Shoá y los libros de VilnaES
La Brigata di Carta che salvò la cultura YiddishIT
Status
Released
Original Title
La Brigade des papiers
Production Countries
Belgium, France, Germany, Lithuania
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Cast

Acting

Dominique Lévy

Self - Narrator (voice)
Acting

Eva Mattes

Self - Narrator (voice)
Acting

Samuel Bak

Self - Painter
Acting

Bernard Suchecky

Self - Historian
Acting

Yonat Rotbein

Self - Ruszka Korczak's Daughter
Acting

Youval Louria

Self - Z. Kalmanovich's Grandson
Acting

David E. Fishman

Self - Historian
Acting

Hadas Kalderon

Self - Actress
Acting

Liliana Cordova Kaczerginski

Self - Political Activist
Acting

Alexander Tamir

Self - Musician

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