Rezső Kasztner
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Rezső Kasztner, also known as Rudolf Israel Kastner, was a Hungarian-Israeli journalist and lawyer who became known for having helped a group of Jews escape from occupied Europe during the Holocaust o
In the early 1950s
Kasztner Report (1942-1945), original document from the Federal Parliament in Bern, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
Auschwitz entrance
Malchiel Gruenwald
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Malchiel Gruenwald was an Israeli hotelier, amateur journalist, and stamp collector, who came to public attention in 1953, when he accused an Israeli government employee, Rudolf Kastner, of having col
Rezső Kasztner
…the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 1952. In 1953 he was accused of having been a Nazi collaborator in a pamphlet self-published by freelance writer Malchiel Gruenwald. The allegation stemmed from Kasztner's relationship with Eichmann and another SS officer, Kurt Becher, and from his having given positive character…
Malchiel Gruenwald
Gruenwald (front) in the Supreme Court of Israel.