Banned Voices preserves the stories of authors, editors, and publishers who have experienced censorship or persecution. We strive to be politically neutral, giving a platform for all kinds of thinkers from around the world and across the political spectrum to tell their own personal stories from their own perspectives. We are the official podcast of the Banned Books Museum, a museum in Tallinn, Estonia that preserves and exhibits banned, censored, and burned books from around the world.
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Banned Voices preserves the stories of authors, editors, and publishers who have experienced censorship or persecution. We strive to be politically neutral, giving a platform for all kinds of thinkers from around the world and across the political spectrum to tell their own personal stories from their own perspectives. We are the official podcast of the Banned Books Museum, a museum in Tallinn, Estonia that preserves and exhibits banned, censored, and burned books from around the world.
Denis Poljakov, Bookseller, on Smuggling Books Across the Russian Border
Banned Voices
1 hour 22 minutes 52 seconds
4 years ago
Denis Poljakov, Bookseller, on Smuggling Books Across the Russian Border
Denis Poljakov is the owner of Russow Galerii in Tallinn, Estonia (https://www.facebook.com/russow.galerii). In this episode he tells the story of his lifelong business in books, including his experiences smuggling contraband antique books across international lines, his arrest and internment in a Russian prison camp, and how he restarted his life in Estonia.
Banned Voices
Banned Voices preserves the stories of authors, editors, and publishers who have experienced censorship or persecution. We strive to be politically neutral, giving a platform for all kinds of thinkers from around the world and across the political spectrum to tell their own personal stories from their own perspectives. We are the official podcast of the Banned Books Museum, a museum in Tallinn, Estonia that preserves and exhibits banned, censored, and burned books from around the world.
