Tovia Levi-Babovich moved from Crimea to Egypt in 1934 and until his death in 1956 began to formulate what under the influence of Mordechai Alfandari has now become the heretical sect known as [[Karaite Judaism]]. He was not removed by the Nazis because the Nazis did not consider the Karaites to be Jews. In fact some Karaites collaborated with the Nazis to eliminate the [[Karaimites]].