The fight to save Ukraine’s cultural heritage | Curio

The fight to save Ukraine’s cultural heritage

9 mins | Apr 25, 2022

“A library is more powerful than Putin’s aeroplanes.” Soviet shelling, Nazi looting and poor conservation – Lviv’s university library has withstood many assaults. But, can it survive another war? Wendell Steavenson explores how curators and librarians are hiding Ukraine’s treasures underground.

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