with the german invasion of poland in 1939, the yeshivas disbanded. the radomsker rebbe and rabbi dovid moshe rabinowicz were both incarcerated in the warsaw ghetto, where the latter continued to give regular "shiurim". the rebbe and all the members of his family, including his only daughter, son-in-law, and their infant son, were shot to death during the "aktion" of 1 august 1942.