The Unheeded Cry: The Gripping Story of Rabbi Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl, the Valiant Holocaust Leader Who Battled Both Allied Indifference and Nazi Hatred

by Abraham Fuchs

Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl hatched imaginative plans to save millions of lives, but was thwarted by those who should have helped.

Genres: Jewish, Holocaust, Biography

288 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1984

About the author

Dr. Abraham Fuchs was born and raised in the township of Tasnad in Transylvania. He studied at the renowned yeshiva of Rabbi Mordechai Brisk. After World War II he completed his general high school education in Bergen Belsen (D.P.) in Germany. In 1949 he settled in Israel and completed his B.A. and M.A. degrees in European and Jewish history; while on an educational mission to the U.S.A., he was awarded his doctorate in Medieval Jewish history.

Dr. Fuchs dedicated his life to holocaust research. He interviewed thousands of people in an effort to document and preserve for the next generations the Jewish life of Pre-World War II Europe. Dr. Fuchs started out his work with the modest task of writing a memorial book for his home town, Tasnad. In the book Hungarian Yeshivos from Grandeur to Holocaust, he expanded this work to cover all of Hungary, Slovakia and the surrounding areas. In his latest book, The holocaust in Rabbinic Sources, he further expanded his research work to cover all of Europe. For his book Hungarian Yeshivos, Dr. Fuchs was awarded a special literary award, the Nordau prize. Click here for a complete description of Dr. Fuchs' other books.

While working on Hungarian Yeshovos, the amazing story of Rabbi Weissmandl stood out in the chapter on the Nitra Yeshiva. In The Unheeded Cry, Dr. Fuchs expanded on that brief description and unfolds this unusual rescue effort of an Orthodox Rabbi which included bribery and covert operations.

After its initial publication in Hebrew, Karati V’ein Oneh , 1983, this book aroused wide interest in the Jewish community. It received multiple positive reviews in the press and prompted many journalists to write extensive articles on the subject which Dr. Fuchs raises. The creation of this web page is the direct result of the interest that this topic arises.

Reviews

[Talya · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is not allot of biographical information about Rav Weismandell. This is really a historical book which gave me a new perspective about the rescue efforts of Jews during the CHURBAN. Rabbi Weismandl zt"l is truly a pious man with a dominant talent of uncovering the truth and saying it as it is. The only comment I would make about the book is that most of the documents in it can be made redundant, as they are not readable.