ABSTRACT
Rabbi Wasserman was born in the Lithuanian town of Biržai, and became one of the most important disciples of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik; he is considered to be the spiritual successor of Rabbi Chofetz Chaim, whom he met for the first time in 1907. During his life Rabbi Wasserman was the dean of the yeshiva in Brisk (in today's Belarus). After the First World War he relocated to Poland, where he headed the Novardok Yeshiva (also now in Belarus). He was also active in the Agudat Yisrael movement. At the beginning of the Second World War, Rabbi Wasserman sought opportunities for his European students to live in the United States. When he visited the country for this purpose, he had the chance to stay in the United States and avoid the danger which threatened him in Europe. But the rabbi never really considered this option because he wanted to be a source of support for his students until the end. In 1941 he was murdered by the Nazis in Lithuania.
