Allied troops began their liberation of Hitlers concentration camps revealing to the world the horrendous extent of the Nazi holocaust. Unfortunately. Rabbi Shapiro was both a tragic witness to and a refugee from Hitlers terror. Rabbi Shapiro was just 22 years old when the Nazis started rounding up the Jews of his town of Lublin. Poland. for liquidation. He and his sister hid in the attic above Gestapo headquarters for 4 days CXXI581art 8 and then ran off through the woods where they were eventually found by a Christian farmer who. in exchange for money. hid them in a crawlspace cave for 2 years. If Rabbi Shapiros early manhood stands in mute testimony to the extent of mans inhumanity to man. his life in the United Statesto which he emigrated in 1948is an example of the basic civilization of the Jewish people and of this countrys traditional and honorable role as a haven and land of opportunity for the oppressed. Upon his arrival in America. Rabbi Shapiro had no secular education whatsoever. and could speak no English.
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