"Enemy Aliens"

The outbreak of war was a terrifying event in the Slobodka Yeshiva, especially for those foreign-born students who now found themselves stranded in enemy territory, with no way to return home. The advice of the Rabbis, to trust in God, was little consolation to the young students as they frantically rushed to leave town before it was occupied by the rapidly-advancing German Army. From Chapter Twenty-Nine:

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