Kasztner affair: a reappraisal
TitoloThe Kasztner affair: a reappraisal
Autore
Call number940.531809439/0039
Numero oggetto08134g
Luogo di pubblicazioneNew York, New York, United States, Boulder, Colorado, United States
EditoreRosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies Graduate Center/City University of New York, Social Science Monographs, Columbia University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2011
Paginazionepp211-253
MaterialeArticle
SerieEast European monographs ; no. 785.
ISBN9780880336888
NotesArticle from the book 'The Auschwitz reports and the Holocaust in Hungary' pp211-253
Descrizione
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