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SUMMARY:Temple Micah Book Club
DESCRIPTION:von Trotha\, Hans. Pollak’s Arm. 160 pages\; Pub: 2022.\n\nLe
 ader:&nbsp\; Michele Sender\n\nDC Library: Book - 5 available\; eBook - 1 
 available\nMCPL: Book - 5 available\; Ebook - available online\n\nOctober 
 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 n
 ext day\, Monsignor F. dispatches an envoy to a nearby palazzo to bring Lu
 dwig 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 a
 s he recounts his life story: how he studied archaeology in Prague\, his p
 assion 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 an
 cient sculpture of Laocoön and his sons. Torn between hearing Pollak’s 
 spellbinding tale and the urgent mission to save the archaeologist from ce
 rtain annihilation\, the Vatican’s anxious messenger presses him to make
  haste and depart. This stunning novel illuminates the chasm between civil
 ization and barbarism by spotlighting a now little-known figure devoted to
  knowledge and the power of artistic creation.\n\nFor more information\, c
 ontact the Book Club leader.
CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Meetings,Online Event,Wheelchair Accessible
LOCATION:Temple Micah\, 2829 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20007\, U
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