The Book Spy by Alan Hlad

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It is the Forties.War news is growing. Secret groups are forming. Some people are willing to pass secret information. The days of bravery and pain endured by different people must remain in our memories. Their journeys give us the strength needed to travel on our personal weary, tortuous road. What we must not do is compare our afflictions.

One man, over and over again, is driven to persuade his grandparents to leave their home for the sake of safety. He arrives at a Benedictine monastery only to learn his grandparents have been taken away on a cattle train. He bends down and weeps. Through "The Book Spy," I feel his heart breaking. Alan Hlad knows how to put words to "real" broken feelings. He has described a broken heart.

Perhaps, the work at the Library of Congress can alleviate the pain for the Americans at home. They can take humongous pride knowing librarians are helping to break the powerful arms of the Axis  countries.. These catalogers will use their microfilm knowledge overseas. Now, they are groomed for saving lives. It is more than unfair and unjust to persecute Jews in camps of horror. Until reading Alan Hlad's book, I had no knowledge of such an organization. For  the sake of brevity it is called IDC: Interdepartmental Committee for the Acquisition of Foreign Publications. This is a complimentary copy given by Kensington Books.Thank you.




 

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