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Rescued from the Reich : how one of Hitler's soldiers saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe / Bryan Mark Rigg ; foreword by Paula E. Hyman.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rigg, Bryan Mark, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schneersohn, Joseph Isaac, 1880-1950.
- Schneersohn, Joseph Isaac.
- Rabbis--Poland--Biography.
- Rabbis.
- Habad.
- History.
- Poland.
- Poland--Warsaw.
- Hasidim--Poland--Biography.
- Hasidim.
- Habad--Poland--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland--Warsaw.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Riggs tells the dramatic story of the rescue of a Jewish leader during World War II and the German-Jewish soldier who led the mission.
- Contents:
- 1 The Invasion 3
- 2 The Lubavitchers and Their Rebbe 16
- 3 Poland Under the Germans 38
- 4 A Plan Takes Shape 58
- 5 The Nazi Connection 69
- 6 Bloch's Secret Mission 76
- 7 The Search Begins 87
- 8 A Lawyer's Work 95
- 9 The Angel 112
- 10 The Escape Route 115
- 11 Flight 122
- 12 Waiting in Riga 130
- 13 Crossing a Perilous Ocean 147
- 14 The Rebbe in America 152
- 15 The Fates of the Rescuers 188.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300104480
- OCLC:
- 55887539
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