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Contents Foreword by Paula E. Hyman xi PROLOGUE 1 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 CONCLUSION 197 AFTERWORD 209 NOTES 213 BIBLIOGRAPHY 257 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 271 INDEX 277
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
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.