In 1936 Josef Dunner was appointed Chief Rabbi of East Prussia , serving in its capital , Königsberg ( now Kaliningrad , Russia ) . While serving the needs of the large Hareidi community of East Prussia , he fought a relentless battle against Reform . In 1937 he married Ida Freyhan , daughter of Zev Freyhan , a founding member of Agudath Yisroel . In November 1938 he was arrested as part of the Kristallnacht pogrom . The Nazi authorities were , however , prevented from moving him to the Dachau concentration camp as that entailed a land journey through Poland , which refused to allow access to its territory for the transport of political prisoners . His wife then contacted Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld in London , who obtained a precious rabbi 's visa for Josef Dunner , his wife and year-old son , Avrohom ( 1937 – 2011 ; known as Aba )
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Josef Hirsch Dunner