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Pollak's Arm

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Pollak's Arm

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"October 16, 1943, inside the Vatican as darkness descends upon Rome. Having been alerted to the Nazi plan to round up the city's Jewish population the next day, Monsignor F. dispatches an envoy to a nearby palazzo to bring Ludwig Pollak and his family to safety within the papal premises. But Pollak shows himself in no hurry to leave his home and accept the eleventh-hour offer of refuge. Pollak's visitor is obliged to take a seat and listen as he recounts his life story: how he studied archaeology in Prague, his passion for Italy and Goethe, how he became a renowned antiquities dealer and advisor to great collectors like J.P. Morgan and the Austro-Hungarian emperor after his own Jewishness barred him from an academic career, and finally his spectacular discovery of the missing arm from the majestic ancient sculpture of Laocoèon"--Back cover.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
2022-02-15
Publication Date:
2022-02-15
Publisher:
New Vessel Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
195440400X
ISBN13:
9781954404007
Weight:
156 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
200 cm
Thickness:
12 cm

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