▁with ▁an ▁all ▁en comp ass ing ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁bread th ▁and ▁depth ▁of ▁Tor ah ▁scholar ship , ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁trem end ous ▁impression ▁on ▁the ▁hundreds ▁of ▁students ▁whom ▁he ▁taught ▁over ▁his ▁thirty ▁years ▁as ▁a ▁Reb be ▁and ▁Ros h ▁Yes h iva ▁at ▁H AN C . ▁He ▁author ed ▁th ir teen ▁books ▁and ▁hundreds ▁of ▁articles ▁on ▁matters ▁related ▁to ▁Jewish ▁law , ▁Tal m ud ic ▁analysis , ▁and ▁Jewish ▁history . ▁ ▁Leipzig ▁( 1 9 2 7 – 1 9 3 9 ) ▁ ▁Rab bi ▁Sh l omo ▁W ahr man ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Leipzig , ▁Germany . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁twelve , ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁Polish - born ▁parents ▁and ▁his ▁sib lings ▁received ▁American ▁vis as ▁and ▁found ▁peace ▁and ▁a ▁life ▁of ▁relative ▁safety ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁cl ut ches ▁of ▁the ▁Naz i ▁regime . ▁ ▁In ▁L est ▁We ▁For get : ▁G row ing ▁up ▁in ▁Naz i ▁Leipzig ▁ 1 9 3 3 - 1 9 3 9 , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁by ▁Art Scroll ▁Mes or ah ▁Publications , ▁Rab bi ▁W ahr man ▁shares ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁life ▁in ▁Leipzig ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁port ray ing ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁Naz i ▁policies ▁on ▁a ▁th riv ing ▁Jewish ▁community ▁that ▁pe aked ▁at ▁ 1 8 , 0 0 0