Rabbi saved by Hitler's soldiers: Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and his astonishing rescue
TítuloThe Rabbi saved by Hitler's soldiers: Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and his astonishing rescue
Autor
Call number940.5318092/0799
Número del objeto09409
Lugar de publicaciónUnited States
EditorialUniversity Press of Kansas
Año de publicación
2016
Paginación510p
MaterialBook
SerieModern war studies
Notes(electronic device)
Descripción
When Hitler invaded Warsaw in the fall of 1939, hundreds of thousands of civilians were trapped in the besieged city. The Rebbe Joseph Schneersohn, the leader of the ultra-orthodox Lubavitcher Jews, was among them. When word of his plight went out, a group of American Jews initiated what would ultimately become one of the strangestand most miraculousrescues of World War II.