TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brand,Daniel
TI  - Trapped by Evil and Deceit: The Story of Hansi and Joel Brand 
SN  - 9781644694992
AV  - D804.6 
U1  - 940.53/18350922439B 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Boston, MA : 
PB  - Academic Studies Press, 
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
KW  - Hungary
KW  - Jews
KW  - Persecutions
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Rescue
KW  - HISTORY / Holocaust
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Auschwitz
KW  - Blood for Goods
KW  - Holocaust
KW  - Hungarian Jews
KW  - Israel
KW  - Jewish parachutists
KW  - Kasztner train
KW  - Politics
KW  - World War II
KW  - Zionism
KW  - antisemitism
KW  - concentration camps
KW  - controversy
KW  - history
KW  - liberation
KW  - racism
KW  - refugees
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Prologue --; 1. Background --; 2 . The Brands --; Part I. Towards Holocaust --; 3. Early Rescue Operations --; 4. The Refugees --; 5. The Budapest Relief and Rescue Committee --; 6. The Gap between Data and Knowledge --; Part II. Holocaust --; 7. The Occupation --; 8. Early Rescue Attempts in Budapest --; 9. The Negotiations with Eichmann: The “Blood For Goods” Deal --; 10. The Destruction of the Hungarian Jewry --; 11. Rescue Activities in Budapest after Joel Left for His Mission --; 12. The Paratroopers’ Affair --; 13. Hansi: “The Heart of the Consortium” --; Part III. Indifference --; 14. Istanbul --; 15. Pre-State Israel, the Jewish People, and the Holocaust --; Part IV. Deception --; 16. The Struggle for the Narrative --; 17. The Kasztner Affair --; 18. Rewriting the History --; 19. Deception Techniques --; 20. The Brands Affair --; Epilogue --; Appendices --; Timetable --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - When the Holocaust broke out in Europe, Hansi and Joel Brand were joined by Israel (Rezső) Kasztner to launch an organized effort to save thousands of human lives. Their efforts, which involved playing a dangerous bluffing game against the Nazi regime, helped to end the Auschwitz extermination. Their success put them at odds with the political machine of the young state of Israel. Politicians wanted the public to believe that there was nothing they could do, a sentiment which many still believe to this day. This cover-up led to Israel’s first politically-motivated homicide
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644695012?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781644695012
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