Saving the Sarajevo Haggadah: sacred Jewish book survives in Bosnia against all the odds

It's one of the most important books in the world, estimated to be worth between seven million and one billion US dollars. The original is housed in Sarajevo's National Museum which was closed in October 2012 due to economic troubles. Now after surviving 2 wars, both World War II and the Bosnian War, the Haggadah is facing another battle of its own...

Lotumba Hussein, seen here at home with his family, is the night watchman
at the library and risked his life to help save the collection during the siege. '
It would have been better to die together with the books than to live
without them,' Hussein says. 'What would be the purpose
of my life if I lost what I loved'

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