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Pocking (in German: Pocking) is a small village near Munich, Germany. After World War II, the Americans established a camp for Jewish refugees nearby. Hundreds of Chabad chassidic families who left Russia during the 'Known Escape' in 5706-5707 (1946-1947) settled in the DP camps in Europe, and most of them settled in the Pocking camp. They developed a community and educational institutions there under the leadership of Rabbi Avraham Eliyahu Plotkin and Rabbi Nissan Nemenov. During that period, it was the largest Chabad community. The Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe maintained contact with the chassidim in Pocking and helped them greatly through instructions and guidance, and also sent them shluchim and supplies.
Pocking (in German: Pucking) is a small village near Munich, Germany. After [[World War II]], the Americans established a camp for Jewish refugees nearby. Hundreds of Chabad chassidic families who left Russia during the 'Known Escape' in 5706-5707 (1946-1947) settled in the DP camps in Europe, and most of them settled in the Pocking camp. They developed a community and educational institutions there under the leadership of Rabbi Avraham Eliyahu Plotkin and [[Reb Nissan Nemenov|Rabbi Nissan Nemenov]]. During that period, it was the largest Chabad community. [[The Rebbe Rayatz|The Frierdiker Rebbe]] and the Rebbe maintained contact with the chassidim in Pocking and helped them greatly through instructions and guidance, and also sent them shluchim and supplies.


== Settlement in the Camp and Establishment of the Yeshiva ==
== Settlement in the Camp and Establishment of the Yeshiva ==