REZSO KASZTNER’S FILM

Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin in Jewish News, Winter 2010

The film, Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis, is a two
hour film which ventures not only into the dark chambers of the SS, but
also of wartime Zionist efforts and the politics of 1950s Israel.

Kasztner was a member of a rescue committee trying to evacuate
Jews in Budapest, Hungary. He negotiated in 1944 with Eichmann to
rescue more than 1,600 Jews at $1,000 per person. Kasztner is also
credited with helping to re-route 18,000 other Jews to a labor camp in
Austria instead of Auschwitz.

After emigrating to Israel in 1947, Kasztner found himself accused
of being a collaborator because of his negotiations with Eichmann. He
was shot to death by a young extremist in Tel Aviv in 1957.
After his death he was exonerated by the Israeli court. Finally his
story has been told and appreciated by most people.

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