Kasztner affair: a reappraisal
TitelThe Kasztner affair: a reappraisal
Verfasser
Call number940.531809439/0039
Inventarnummer08134g
ErscheinungsortNew York, New York, United States, Boulder, Colorado, United States
VerlagRosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies Graduate Center/City University of New York, Social Science Monographs, Columbia University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
Seitenpp211-253
MaterialArtikel
SerieEast European monographs ; no. 785.
ISBN9780880336888
NotesArticle from the book 'The Auschwitz reports and the Holocaust in Hungary' pp211-253
Beschreibung
An account of the wartime activities of Rudolf Kasztner, the head of the Budapest-based Relief and Rescue Committee. It focuses on his dealings with various members of the SS, and of the 'bargain' that resulted in the eventual rescue of 1684 Jews. This deal became the subject of a major controversy after the war. It culminated in a libel suit that led to the downfall of the Israeli govenment and to his murder
