how was moshe the beadle "different"?

A poor, humble man who works at the Hasidic synagogue in Sighet, Moché is well-liked by all the townspeople but considered odd. Early in the war, Moché is deported to Nazi concentration camps because he is a foreigner. He manages to escape and tries to warn the townspeople of the horrors of the Holocaust. They ignore him and think he's mad.