With Prof. Sara Reguer discussing her grandfather, Rav Simcha Zelig ZT'L, and her father's memoir that she published

#35. 
With Prof. Sara Reguer (Chair of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn
College) discussing her book, "My Father's Journey: A Memoir of
Lost Worlds of Jewish Lithuania".
We discuss her grandfather, Rav Simcha Zelig Reguer ZT'L Av Beis
Din of Brisk, Rav Chaim Soloveitchik ZT'L, her father's time in
the yeshiva world and more. We also mentioned Rav Moshe
Soloveitchik, Rav Joseph Ber Soloveitchik, Rav Shlomo Heiman, Rav
Shach and much more.

• *CLARIFICATION*: As per Yehuda Geberer of the Jewish History
Soundbites Podcast:
• The Brisker Rov did not  escape through Switzerland. His
escape route was as follows: As the war broke out during the
summer, he was at a resort with his oldest son Rav Berel. The
remainder of the family was in Brisk. He first escaped to Warsaw.
The family was unable to join him there. Due to the Molotov-Von
Ribbentrop pact Warsaw wound up under Nazi control while Brisk
was in the Soviet zone. A few weeks later he escaped to Vilna.
She was able to send some of their children to him, and he ended
up with seven of the children, five boys and two girls. The Rov
managed to obtain visas for him and his family to Palestine. He
requested that she join him in Vilna with the remaining three
children, but due to the chaotic conditions was unable to make
it. He prepared her visas and paperwork, and told her she needs
to come to Vilna in person to appear at the offices. In the
meantime his visas and ship tickets were expiring. After leaving
instructions for her to obtain the documents in Vilna and follow
him to Palestine, he exited via Turkey to Israel, with seven of
his children. She managed to make it to Vilna shortly after he
left but was unable to finalize the documentation at the
appropriate offices. Returning to Brisk with plans to make a
further attempt shortly afterwards, her plans were thwarted with
the launch of Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941- the Nazi
invasion of the Soviet Union. She was killed with the remaining
three children.

To purchase the book:
https://www.amazon.com/My-Fathers-Journey-Lithuania-Orthodox/dp/161811414X


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