From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shmuel Schneurson
Shmuel Schneurson
Shmuel Schneurson was a leader of the underground Schneurson who shared his ancestry within the move-
Zionist movement Hechalutz in Soviet Union from 1922 ment included sisters Miriam and Leah Lein. The former
to 1928. Though he had the option of remaining in British made aliyah in 1923, and the latter was arrested and dis-
Palestine during his 1927 visit, he chose to return to the appeared in 1927. There were also the brothers Tuviah
USSR to organize underground Zionist activities. He was and Solomon Margolin, who also came from a Lubavitch-
arrested in February 1928 and sentenced to a correction er background. They were sentenced to lengthy prison
camp in the Ural Mountains, followed by a three-year terms and died in the late 1940s. Their mother, also a
sentence in Siberia. In 1934, he was released and returned committed Zionist, was released in 1951, and unsuccess-
to Moscow. After applying for an exit permit to return to fully attempted to apply for aliyah. She was buried in
Palestine, he was promptly rearrested and sentenced. His 1953, "in accordance with Jewish custom."
final whereabouts remain unknown. In 1946, his former
landlady received a letter informing her of his passing.
Schneurson is a descendant of Rabbi Shneur Zalman
Source
of Liadi, the founder of Chabad hasidism. He is among Teller, Judd L. "The Kremlin, the Jews, and the Middle
a number of descendants of the great rabbi, who par- East" Pages 55–57. Publisher Thomas Yoseloff 1957
ticipated in underground Zionist activities. Colleagues of
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