The Rabbi saved by Hitler's soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and his astonishing rescue

"Were this story a novel, it would have the character of an implausible fable, but as often occurred in the Holocaust, reality exceeds the imagination."--Michael Berenbaum, from the Foreword When Hitler invaded Warsaw in the fall of 1939, hundreds of thousands of civilians were trapped in...

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Main Author: Rigg, Bryan Mark 1971- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Lawrence, Kansas University Press of Kansas [2016]
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:Modern war studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Schneersohn, Joseph Isaac 1880-1950 / Warsaw / Flight / USA / World War / History 1939-1940
Further subjects:B Rabbis Biography Poland
B Social Science Jewish Studies
B World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue Poland Warsaw
B Hasidim
B Habad History 20th century Poland
B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland
B History Military World War II
B Habad
B Hasidim Biography Poland
B Schneersohn, Joseph Isaac 1880-1950 Schneersohn, Joseph Isaac 1880-1950 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) World War (1939-1945) 1900-1999
B Rabbis Poland Poland Warsaw Biography History