The Yanov Torah

by Erwin Herman, Agnes Herman

Description

Jews in a work camp in Yanov during the Nazi occupation of L'vov, Poland, smuggle in a Torah, piece by piece, despite enormous personal danger.

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TempleofIsrael 3 reviews

Grade 4 UpThe Yanov Torah is an intriguing and poignant tale from the legacy of Holocaust "miracles." It tells of the smuggling of a Torah into a World War II German concentration camp in Russia and its eventual transfer to a Russian Jew emigrating to America in 1980

May 23, 2010

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