During the war they tried to arrange for a way to save the Rebbe and his family, but eyewitnesses later testified that when the Rebbe finally received the papers needed to travel to Vilna, and his family was all packed and ready, as he was about to enter the carriage, an entourage of Jews, headed by the mayor, approached and tearfully asked the Rebbe, “How can you go? With whom will you leave us?” And so the Rebbe got off and refused to leave them all behind. On the 13th of Marcheshvan tov-shin-gimmel, the Rebbe, his family and the entire Jews of the town of Karlin were all murdered al Kiddush Hashem by the Nazis, yimach shemom. HY”D. (Meorei Eish p. 457–459, p. 460, p. 483, p. 494)
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