Rabbi saved by Hitler's soldiers: Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and his astonishing rescue
TitoloThe Rabbi saved by Hitler's soldiers: Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and his astonishing rescue
Autore
Call number940.5318092/0799
Numero oggetto09409
Luogo di pubblicazioneUnited States
EditoreUniversity Press of Kansas
Anno di pubblicazione
2016
Paginazione510p
MaterialeBook
SerieModern war studies
Notes(electronic device)
Descrizione
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.