From his birth in Nikolaev, Ukraine and his childhood in Dnepropetrovsk, through his marriage to the daughter of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe; his Torah studies in Berlin and Paris and his university studies there, The Early Years volumes one through four have shed light on a fascinating life through testimony and documentary evidence. The films cover the Rebbe’s life from his birth in 1902 until he came to the shores of the US in June of 1941.

As part of the My Encounter with the Rebbe project, the filmmakers are constantly recording new testimony. This supplementary edition includes these eighteen recently recorded interviews shedding further light on these early years.