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Rescued From The Reich, by Bryan Mark Rigg, is the very well researched, well written story of how the leader of the ultra-Orthodox Lubavitcher Jews, Rebbe Joseph Schneersohn, members of his family, and some close associates were rescued from war torn Warsaw, with the help of some American officials, dedicated American Jews, and, believe it or not, a small group of German soldiers ably led by half Jew Ernst Bloch, a dedicated, professional soldier. Bloch, whose application for Aryanization had been approved by Hitler himself, was a decorated soldier, who was working under the direction of Admiral Canaris, the head of the Abwehr. He and a small group of other half Jewish soldiers were able to take the Rebbe and his group from Warsaw, through Berlin, to the Latvian border where they awaited the next leg of an amazing journey that would eventually lead them to America. While all of this was taking place two very dedicated lawyers in the United States were trying to work through the anti-semitism of the State Department in order to arrange the necessary visas. Along the way, the assistance of some very powerful members of the government is enlisted. A very interesting and remarkable, yet probably mostly unknown story of WWII that is definitely worth reading.
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"Rescued From The Reich" is a fascinating account of a less considered aspect of the Holocaust: how members of the Nazi military actually helped Jews escape Hitler's extermination program. Bryan M. Rigg offers a well researched and documented account of the amazing rescue of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his entourage, by certain Nazi soldiers (mischling). He presents a clear picture of the circumstances in Europe for Jews and how they responded to the coming threat of genocide.
Rigg also describes Hitler's Aryanization process of some Jews who were of mixed blood, which is a little known topic and one worth learning and considering within the history of WW II and the Holocaust.
Although most Americans are aware that Jews were not welcomed with open arms in America during the 30s and 40s, the author does an excellent job of revealing the depth of anti-semitism in American society and government during that period. This is an important book that is worth reading for its contribution to a comprehensive WW II history.
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Dr. Rigg's first book, Hitler's Jewish Soldiers, gave a careful and balanced scholarly account of those 150,000 part-Jewish soliders in the Germany military of WWII. ONe of the most amazing things I have ever encountered. He outdid himself with this follow up. Who could believe that in 1939 the U.S. State Dept. could partner with a Nazi intellignece agency to secretly rescue the rebbe from occupied, war torn Poland? The complications were staggering -- if the Nazi intelligence agents were discovered by the other Nazi agencies they would have been executed. The rebbe was mystical and eccentric and was a VERY difficult man to hide and smuggle.
Riggs can be a little long-winded at times, but overall he relaly knows how to tell a story well. This really should be made into a film soon.
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In Rescued from the Reich, Rigg tells the incredible but true story of how the Lubavitcher Rebbe was saved from Warsaw and from Eastern Europe itself, even as the city and the countries themselves were falling to the Germans and the Russians. This required the combined efforts of many, many people, from American Jewish authorities to U.S. State Department officials to--yes, German diplomatic and military officers. Among the pivotal figures is Ernst Bloch, decorated veteran of World War I and field-grade officer in what was about to become World War II, a so-called Mischling, or "part Jew" who had been "aryanized" by Hitler himself.
From the detailed and sensitively described background of ultra-Orthodox Judaism to the vividly portrayed actors in this amazing true-life drama to the gripping moment when the group of German soldiers burst into the home of the Lubavitcher Rebbe--to announce that they are there not to arrest but to rescue Rebbe Schneersohn, Rigg holds the reader completely in his spell. Even with the full scholarly apparatus of references and end notes, Rigg has written a fascinating, compelling, and very valuable book.
Rigg never gives in to the temptation to divide his cast into white hats and black hats; indeed, as is clear from the notes, two-thirds of a century later, there are still those who, for various reasons, are not entirely comfortable with the gritty, unideological, messy truths of the matter. With deep understanding and with never a trace of condescension to his material, Rigg tells as whole a story as could be asked, given the passage of time and the inevitable falling away of those who played their parts in the action.
Bryan Mark Rigg seems, moreover, utterly incapable of writing a boring sentence. Rescued from the Reich is a worthy successor and companion to his Hitler's Jewish Soldiers. Read it. You'll never forget it.
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This is a fascinating well written book that is readable in one sitting. Drawing upon a wealth of sources, many of which are unavailable to the English reader, Rigg recounts the miraculous rescue of the founder of Chabad in America. The detail is astonishing and at the same time chilling. I was unable to put it down.
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