Kasztner affair: a reappraisal
TítuloThe Kasztner affair: a reappraisal
Autor
Call number940.531809439/0039
Número del objeto08134g
Lugar de publicaciónNew York, New York, United States, Boulder, Colorado, United States
EditorialRosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies Graduate Center/City University of New York, Social Science Monographs, Columbia University Press
Año de publicación
2011
Paginaciónpp211-253
MaterialArticle
SerieEast European monographs ; no. 785.
ISBN9780880336888
NotesArticle from the book 'The Auschwitz reports and the Holocaust in Hungary' pp211-253
Descripción
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