The Rebbe's Flight from the Nazis: Marking 70 Years

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World Jewry Thrives Seven Decades After Rebbe's U.S. Arrival
By Dovid Zaklikowski
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Seven decades ago the center of world Jewry in Europe was in the midst of being destroyed. Mass murder by the Germans was the norm, targeted against Jews of all backgrounds and nationalities, who were executed on the streets and gassed in concentration camps.

Miraculously, the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, made it to the United States in March 1940, along with a few family members and several aides. From his new home in New York, the Sixth Rebbe tried in vain to procure documents and information to save those he knew were trapped back in Europe, but as they were Polish citizens and Poland would not grant them exit visas, the State Department refused to intervene on their behalf. In the conflagration of World War II, the Sixth Rebbe was unsuccessful even with his own daughter and son-in-law, , Rabbi Menachem and Shaina Horenstein, who lived in Otwock on the outskirts of Warsaw and perished in Treblinka.

But his middle daughter and her husband – the future Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, and Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, of righteous memory –were born in Russia and thus had a small chance of escape from France.

The future Rebbe and Rebbetzin arrived at Pier 8 in Staten Island, N.Y., on the 28th day of the Hebrew month Sivan, a date celebrated by Jewish communities around the world as heralding the educational revolution that the future Rebbe would lead.
Escaping With Pen in Hand


While his father-in-law did all he could to secure the future Rebbe and Rebbetzin's secure passage to America, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, who at the time was known by his acronym, the Ramash, faced a Paris in upheaval. The few months of quiet gave way to Germany's June 5, 1940 invasion of the 400-mile stretch of land between Abbeville and the Upper Rhine. By June 14, a swastika could be seen atop Eiffel Tower.

Two days before the occupation of Paris, the future Rebbe and Rebbetzin fled for Vichy. From there, they went to Nice and on to Marseille. From there they fled from France and on to Lisbon, Portugal, where they boarded the S.S. Serpa Pinto for the New World.

While fleeing, most passengers carried a suitcase or two, but the Ramash through all his travels and the turmoil took many cases of scholarly books and manuscripts written by Chabad-Lubavitch leaders, many of them passed down from each Rebbe to the next.

Amongst the items he brought were notes of the Ramash's many public talks on the weekly Torah portion and classes on the Talmud. Many of the teachings, which the future Rebbe would continue to commit to writing for the remainder of his life, comprised deep analytic interpretations of a specific source text that would then flow into the Kabbalistic and Chasidic lessons which he distilled so that everyone could apply those teachings to their daily lives.

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Inspiring the Jewish American Revolution
70 Years Since Rebbe's Arrival in America

After narrowly escaping the Nazi onslaught in France, the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), and his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson (1901-1988), arrived to the United States of America on the 28th day of the Jewish month of Sivan.

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NEWS UPDATE


Communities Reflect on 17th Anniversary of Rebbe's Passing (By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky)

Jewish communities around the world are preparing for commemorative events celebrating the life and leadership of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory.

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VIDEO


Video: Historical Interviews
Eye witnesses describe the early years of the Rebbe's arrival in America
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REFLECTION


What the Rebbe's Arrival to America Means to Me (By Shais Taub)

Call me a cultural bigot, but every aspect of the way I view reality is affected by my identification with the country in which I was born and raised.

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WEEKLY TORAH READING


The Calf's Mother (Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe)

King Solomon was baffled; Moses turned pale. Indeed, only the most incomprehensible of divine decrees -- the law of the Red Heifer -- can act as an antidote for the most incomprehensible of human experiences --the phenomenon of death

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