Reference Type: Journal Article
Author: Braham, Randolph
Year: 2003
Title: Rescue Operations in Hungary: Myths and Realities
Journal: Yad Vashem Studies
Issue: 33
Pages: 21-57
Language: English
Keywords: Jewish minority, history, holocaust rescuers, holocaust, elites, politics, refugees
Abstract: (En) A critical-analytical overview is presented of postwar historical accounts relating to the rescue of Jews during the German occupation of Hungary, focusing on the following six major operations: The rescue of the Jews of Budapest; the rescue of 1,684 Jews in the Kasztner-transport; the transfer of 18,000 Jews to Strasshof; the rescue of communal and ecclesiastical leaders by Philip Freudiger; the rescue of the Weiss-Chorin families; and the alleged mass rescue of Jews across the Hungarian-Romanian border. The study includes critical observations about the motivations, objectives, strategies and tactics of the Jewish, Hungarian, and German participants involved in the negotiations and/or decisions relating to the various rescue operations, differentiating between the myths and realities that were reflected in many postwar accounts.
URL: http://www.yadvashem.org/about_HOLocaust/studies/vol32/pdf/E021_058.PDF