Editing World War II (section)

==== Long-Term Impact ====
Until the Russian Exodus of 1946-47, most Chabad chassidim were in Russia. Since then, it became possible to establish the foundation for many Chabad communities worldwide. Chabad in France was built from these refugees who arrived in France after their stay in the 'Pocking' refugee camp. The Rebbe established the 'Lishka' for them then. In Eretz Yisrael, there was already a Chabad community before this, but the establishment of Kfar Chabad was based on these refugees.

In 1946, (most of) the remnants of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in Russia also left, initially moving to Camp Pocking and later to Brunoy, France<ref>Which then went on to [[Kfar Chabad]]</ref>.

Thus, a large part of the Chabad movement's center (including most Tomchei Tmimim yeshivas) moved from Russia to France, and from there spread to the rest of the world.