All the Satmar Yiddish weekly newspapers gave huge coverage of the 70th anniversary of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum's rescue to Switzerland via the famous Zionist Kastner train.
But reading these newspapers, you wouldn't have an inkling that the Zionists had anything to do with it....
In fact, Der Blatt, the Satmar Newspaper published by the Aronie faction of Satmar, writes that not only didn't the Zionists rescue R" Yoel, but he saved them!
Unbelievable!
Loosely translated
I will not go into the whole article that rewrites history. I will just translate the pertinent 4 lines:
" This (that R' Yoel was saved by the Zionists) can only be told to those who are not familiar with the history, or to those who just want to deny the facts.
The facts are, that not only didn't they (the Zionists) rescue the Satmar Rebbe, but he was the one who saved them"
Satmar Rebbe "saved the Zionists?" This is news to everyone, including the Satmar Chassidim.
They'r smart though, writing conspiracy theories after every one is dead!
Now see the shul that the Satmar Rebbe was Rav in, in Satmar, Rumania....
Notice the pews, and the Magen David, far cry from Bedford Avenue!
But reading these newspapers, you wouldn't have an inkling that the Zionists had anything to do with it....
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| Kastner Train arriving in Switzerland with Rav Yoel Teitelbaum on the train! |
In fact, Der Blatt, the Satmar Newspaper published by the Aronie faction of Satmar, writes that not only didn't the Zionists rescue R" Yoel, but he saved them!
Unbelievable!
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| Article on the right denies Zionist involvement in the Rebbe's rescue and claims that he saved the Zionists! |
I will not go into the whole article that rewrites history. I will just translate the pertinent 4 lines:
" This (that R' Yoel was saved by the Zionists) can only be told to those who are not familiar with the history, or to those who just want to deny the facts.
The facts are, that not only didn't they (the Zionists) rescue the Satmar Rebbe, but he was the one who saved them"
Satmar Rebbe "saved the Zionists?" This is news to everyone, including the Satmar Chassidim.
They'r smart though, writing conspiracy theories after every one is dead!
Now see the shul that the Satmar Rebbe was Rav in, in Satmar, Rumania....
Notice the pews, and the Magen David, far cry from Bedford Avenue!
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| Notice Magen Dovid on top of the Aron Kodesh! |
