Rescuing the Rebbe

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Bryan Mark Rigg on the true story of how one of Hitler's soldiers helped rescue the Lubavitcher Rebbe from Warsaw in 1940: Rescued from the Reich.

Events: Bryan Mark Rigg gives talks at the Leo Baeck Institute on Jnuary 11 and the Yale Club on January 12 at 7PM.

Music: Soundtrack to Charlotte Gray, music by Stephen Warbeck: "The Train" / "Charlotte Gray"

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