Ransom – A history of Modern Human Trafficking
Extent and Medium
1 electronic resource (25 pages)
Creator(s)
- Biss, Andreas, 1904-
Scope and Content
Report of Mr. Andreas Biss, a member of the Vaadah Committee of Budapest and assistant to Rudolf Kasztner, describing the aims, means and efforts to save as many Jews as possible in Hungary towards the end of WWII. He gives a detailed account of meetings with German SS officers like Kurt Becher, Adolf Eichmann, and Dieter Wisliceny, contains descriptions of the political and social situation in Hungary towards the end of the war and his participation in the so called "Kasztner Affair".
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mode of access: WWW
Note(s)
Electronic access only
Electronic text and image data. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem 2015
Title viewed 15.03.2016
People
- Kasztner, Rezső Rudolf, 1906-1957
- Komoly, Otto 1892–1945
- Brand, Joel, 1906-1964
- Nyilaskeresztes Párt
- Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- Teitelbaum, Joel 1887-1979
- Becher, Kurt, 1909-1995
- Wisliceny, Dieter, 1911-1948
- Grüson, Max 1915-unknown
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Rescue--Hungary
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Hungary
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and Pillage--Hungary.
- Ransom--Hungary.
- Jewish property--Hungary
- Jews--Persecutions--Hungary--Budapest
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives.
- Antisemitism--Hungary--20th century.
- Vaadah Ezra Wehazzala Bebudapest
Places
- Hungary--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Hungary--Ethnic relations.
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