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Rescued from the Reich
how one of Hitler's soldiers saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe
By Rigg, Bryan Mark & Hyman, Paula
- ISBN
- 978-0-30010-448-6
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 15, 2004
Rigg (history, American Military Univ./ Southern Methodist Univ.) examines one of the most bizarre yet fascinating rescue operations during the Holocaust. In 1940, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe (Joseph Schneerson), leader of one of the world's largest Hasidic sects, was spirited out of occupied Poland and brought to the United States. This feat was accomplished because the U.S. State Department, not known for its sympathy to Jewish refugees, co...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
