The Attorney General against Malkiel Gruenwald (RG 30) The Kasztner Trial
Extent and Medium
12,907 digital images, JPEG
12 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.
Archival History
Israel. Ganzakh ha-medinah
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Israel Supreme Court, c/o Israel State Archives, Record Group 30. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project reproduced and transferred the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Mar. 2007.
Scope and Content
Contains records from the libel trial against Malkiel Gruenwald who had accused Dr. Rudolph (Rezsö) Kasztner, a well-known official in the Israeli government, of being a traitor, charging that Kasztner, as the former head of the Jewish Rescue Committee in Budapest, had made a traitorous bargain with the Nazis and had allowed half a million Jews to die unwarned so that he might escape with 600 (including 19 of his own family, and 300 from his home town of Cluj).
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Israel. Ganzakh ha-medinah
People
- Kasztner, Rezső Rudolf, 1906-1957.
- Grinṿald, Malkiʾel.
Subjects
- Executions and executioners--Hungary--History--20th century.
- Collaborationists--Hungary--Death.
- Traitors--Hungary.
- Traitors--Hungary--Death.
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Hungary.
- Evidence (Law)
Genre
- Document