Editing The Holocaust (section)

== The Rebbe During the Holocaust ==
When Hitler ימ"ש rose to power, the Rebbe spent several months in Germany. After antisemitism intensified, the Rebbe moved to Paris, France in 1933.

At the beginning of the war, the Rebbe cared for the city's Jews as well as refugees who arrived from other places, and worked to lift the spirits of the local Jews. From the known stories about the Rebbe's activities in the area, we know about his assistance to refugees entering hotels. Hotel managers did not want to admit refugees to their hotels for fear they wouldn't pay, since the refugees had no money. Therefore, hotel managers decided not to admit anyone who didn't possess property worth one hundred dollars. The Rebbe would circulate with such a bill and bring it to Jews who needed to enter hotels, and after they succeeded in getting a room, he would take the bill and pass it to additional Jews.

Additionally, it is known that the Rebbe was very particular about not being considered non-Jewish. As Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka related, during the registration conducted by the Nazis ימ"ש for French citizens, the Rebbe was not present at home. When he returned, she told him that she had answered the representative's question about the residents' religion with "Orthodox" (a response that could be interpreted as not necessarily referring to Jews). When the Rebbe heard this, he immediately went with mesiras nefesh to the office responsible for registration and ensured they would be registered specifically as Jews and not just as "Orthodox." All this during the height of the war.