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All content by By Dovid Margolin
One of the most prominent names of the Chabad-Lubavitch Soviet underground was R' Mendel Futerfas, who was a leader of the 1946 Great Escape from the USSR. Futerfas was arrested in January 1947 and is seen here in a previously unpublished MGB mugshot. It should be noted that his yarmulke (kippah) was forcibly removed by the Soviet secret police. (Photo: Chabad.org)

Memo to Soviet secret police chief reveals hunt for Jewish underground

By Dovid Margolin, CHABAD.ORG
Published September 11, 2022
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