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Saved From The Reich Bryan Mark Rigg Analysis

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Rescued from the Reich was written by Bryan Mark Rigg, which included a foreword by Paul E. Hyman. Bryan Mark Rigg, the author, is known for stories that were untold because he strongly disagreed on any type of injustice. In his younger days, Rigg served in the Marines and then became interested in history and taught it as a professor. However, Rigg was not selfish he enjoyed learning about people and always appreciated the different ways that people managed to maintain their existence. He advanced with his passion of history and began to write articles, at the same time he spent time with his children and participated in activities. One of the first books he published was Hitler’s Jewish Soldier in 2002. Taking these two books into consideration, …show more content…

It all began in 1939 when Hitler's obsession with finding a reasonable justification to have Poland attacked. Hitler wanted to have the power to attack at any cost. Reinhard Heydrich, along with the heads of SS, arranged a plan to have those in the Sachsenhausen camps killed and used as evidence to prove that Poland had attacked Germany. This was called the “Propaganda reason” and a way to have the invasion and any Polish eliminated with bloody terror. Hitler had commanded to have Poland's border attacked, then announced that they had violated the frontier on September 1. Hitler secretly attacked the Poles when two planes were training for the war, but The Versailles Treaty forced Germany to give territory to Poland. There was no settlement, Hitler was determined to recover German blood even against those who imposed the Treaty. Poland's soldiers were not ready for the war and did not have much chance in winning against Germany’s highly skilled soldiers. Between 1938-1939, Germany overpowered Poland and many Jews were trying to escape. In the U.S, many pleaded with the U.S government to help their relatives in need while the …show more content…

Although away from risk, things got complicated. There was a war in Poland and the government and the military were moving out to Warsaw, that made the thousands of followers assume that the Rebbe should too. As danger was growing his followers pleaded to Schneemann to save their lives and leave. Though all tried to convince him he said “A Jewish Shepherd does not leave his flock alone especially in time of crisis.” In spite of the circumstances, with tears he left for Warsaw with his students leaving the rest behind, but in the hope that some of his students can get out of Poland off to Riga. Germany militaries were closing up on everything that made it almost impossible to attempt an escape. The Rebbe was trapped in Warsaw and all to be seen was destruction, bombing attacks, people running and the German advance in taking up sections. Germany went further into killing civilians, who even tried to hide in ditches, ambushing any homes including those inhabited by Jews. Schneemann did not settle, he moved house to house but suddenly there was an attack and surprisingly he was not injured.

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