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Author Rigg, Bryan Mark, 1971-

Title Rescued from the Reich : how one of Hitler's soldiers saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe / Bryan Mark Rigg ; foreword by Paula E. Hyman.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5318 RIGG    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.5318 RIG    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  940.5318 RIGG    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and index.
Contents The invasion -- The Lubavitchers and their Rebbe -- Poland under the Germans -- A plan takes shape -- The Nazi connection -- Bloch's secret mission -- The search begins -- A lawyer's work -- The Angel -- The escape route -- Flight -- Waiting in Riga -- Crossing a perilous ocean -- The Rebbe in America -- The fates of the rescuers.
Subject Schneersohn, Joseph Isaac, 1880-1950.
Rabbis -- Poland -- Biography.
Hasidim -- Poland -- Biography.
Habad -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland -- Warsaw.
ISBN 0300104480 alkaline paper
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