The Man Who Was Murdered Twice: The Life, Trial and Death of Israel Kasztner

Weitz, Yechiam

ISBN 10: 9653083902 / ISBN 13: 9789653083905

Published by Yad Vashem Pubns, 2012

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Synopsis:

Was Kasztner a collaborator and opportunist, who had "sold his soul to the *", as Judge Benjamin Halevi stated, who failed to warn the Transylvanian and Hungarian Jews of their impending fate in order to survive and save those close to him, or a brave leader who saved as many Jews as he could to escape on the "rescue train" in June 1944? The present volume provides new information on the controversy, based on a variety of new documents. The book covers the history of Kasztner's negotiations with the Nazis to his death and posthumous results of the trial and discusses his complex personality.

From the Back Cover: Life began for Sabina (Rózia, as she was called then) in 1925 as part of a warm, close-knit, religious family in Jedrzejów, a Polish town about 80 kilometers from Kraków. After the establishment of the ghetto in the spring of 1940, life for the Jews was extremely difficult and many had to survive on smuggled food. On September 22 it was Sabina's turn to bring back food for her family, however, disaster struck and Sabina received a message that the Germans had liquidated the ghetto and everyone she had known and loved, except one uncle, had disappeared. Upon hearing about the liquidation of the ghetto Rafal Kalowski (a non-Jewish Pole from Greater Poland who was relocated to Jedrzejów and re-housed in Sabina's family home) made it his duty to help Sabina and her uncle – he secured false identity papers, arranged for shelter with colleagues and students, and provided clothing. But suspicion was always high and Sabina was constantly on the run from such places as Chlewice, Dabrówka Morska, Slomka, and Lakta Górna. Sabina's story provides stunning psychological insights about identity, memory, totalitarianism, and the experience of immigration. She recreates a lost universe and emphasizes the power of dreams and reminiscences to hurt and heal, and to acquire the strength to survive.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Man Who Was Murdered Twice: The Life, ...
Publisher: Yad Vashem Pubns
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good