JEM - the Chabad media company, produced a series of videos depicting the sequence of events leading up to Sivan 28, 1941 - the day the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, were rescued from the Nazis during World War II.
Chapter One: From Burning Warsaw. The rescue of the previous Rebbe, the Rayatz of Lubavitch zt"l - the Rebbe's father-in-law - from burning Europe in 1940.
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Chapter Two: The war comes to France. When the Nazis invade France, the danger to the lives of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Rebbetzin, as well as thousands and thousands of other Jews, becomes tangible. They must emigrate from there, and quickly.
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Chapter Three - In the city of Nice. The Nazis occupy Paris; many Jews flee anti-Semitic persecution to southern France.
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Chapter Four - The Helping Hand. The Jewish Refugee Aid Organization (YIAS) came to the rescue. They took on the responsibility of handling the Rebbe and Rebbetzin's immigration case.
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Chapter Five - The Card Challenge. After obtaining all the required official documents, the Rebbe and Rebbetzin faced one final challenge: obtaining travel tickets to America.
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Chapter Six - Holocaust in Europe. About the atrocities that occurred in the terrible Holocaust in Europe and the Rebbe's words to the survivors, and the Rebbe and Rebbetzin's journey to the United States.
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Chapter Seven - Safe Haven. On the 28th of Sivan - the Rebbe and Rebbetzin arrived at a safe haven in the United States. About the yeshiva students who were sent to welcome them, and the memories of those present at the moving event, and more.
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Chapter Eight - A New Beginning. For the first time since its founding, the center of Lubavitch Hasidism was in a free country, where Judaism could be maintained without fear of anyone; since the Rebbe's arrival at the world center of Chabad-770, a new momentum could be discerned.
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