Rescued from the Reich How One of Hitler's Soldiers Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe |
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| Author:
| Rigg, Bryan Mark |
| Foreword by:
| Hyman, Paula E. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-11531-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2006 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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The escape of ultra-orthodox Jewish leader Rebbe Schneersohn from Hitler’s Warsaw in 1939 has always been a subject of speculation. This book uncovers the true story of the rescue and the heroic role of the part-Jewish German soldier who led the operation. "This is great material--the stuff of Hollywood films--and historian Rigg makes the most of it. . . . A well-written and vital addition to the literature of Holocaust survivor studies."--
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More DescriptionThe escape of ultra-orthodox Jewish leader Rebbe Schneersohn from Hitler’s Warsaw in 1939 has always been a subject of speculation. This book uncovers the true story of the rescue and the heroic role of the part-Jewish German soldier who led the operation.
"This is great material--the stuff of Hollywood films--and historian Rigg makes the most of it. . . . A well-written and vital addition to the literature of Holocaust survivor studies."--Publishers Weekly
"Rescued from the Reich reads like a spy/suspense novel, but it is actual history, the amazing story of how the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his court were rescued from Nazi Germany."--Micah D. Halpern, Jewish Book World
"Just when you thought the Second World War had no more secrets, along comes a book that blows a crater in the ramparts of received opinion."--Norman Lebrecht, The Evening Standard