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1942: Just a bookshop girl doing what she could against her country’s oppressors.
The Last Bookshop in Prague
What you need to know before your trail
The banned books club was only the beginning; a place for the women of Prague to come together and share the tales the Germans wanted to silence.
For bookshop owner, Jana, doing the right thing was never a question. So when opportunity comes to help the resistance, she offers herself – and her bookshop. Using her window displays as covert signals and hiding secret codes in book marks, she’ll do all in her power to help.
But the arrival of two people in her bookshop will change everything: a young Jewish boy with nowhere else to turn, and a fascist police captain Jana can’t read at all. In a time where secrets are currency and stories can be fatal, will she know who to trust?
Travel Guide
Prague
The Last Bookshop in Prague, is set against the backdrop of true events that had dramatic repercussions in the course of the war.
This book looks at the city of Prague and the ordinary people who were faced with the most unusual and dangerous of circumstances. The Nazi takeover take over of the Czech Republic was devastating and we get to hear from the ordinary every day people. Those who loved books and who worked in a small bookshop.
Reading was important and offered people an escape. But then the Germans arrive in the shop…
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Last Bookshop in Prague
Destination/location: Prague Author/guide: Helen Parusel Departure Time: 1942
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