response of Orthodox Jewry in the United States to the Holocaust; the activities of the Vaad ha-Hatzala Rescue Committee 1939-1945
TitelThe response of Orthodox Jewry in the United States to the Holocaust; the activities of the Vaad ha-Hatzala Rescue Committee 1939-1945
Call number940.53180973/0018
Objectnummer03969
Plaats van uitgaveNew York, New York, United States
UitgeverYeshiva University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2000
Pagina's316p.,index, bibliography
MateriaalBoek
ISBN0881256668
Beschrijving
Through the Vaad (Rescue committee) established by the Agudat ha-Rabbanim (Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada), the community initially succeeded in rescuing numerous rabbis and yeshiva students and later was able to save many additional Jews
