Rabbi saved by Hitler's soldiers: Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and his astonishing rescue
TitreThe Rabbi saved by Hitler's soldiers: Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and his astonishing rescue
Auteur
Call number940.5318092/0799
N° d'objet09409
Lieu de publicationUnited States
EditeurUniversity Press of Kansas
Année de publication
2016
Pagination510p
MatérielLivre
SérieModern war studies
Notes(electronic device)
Description
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.