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Testimony of Israel Kastner - Nuremberg Trials, September 1945
Dr. Rezsö (Rudolph) KASTNER, being duly sworn deposes and says. Printed protocol with Israel Kastner's testimony in front of the American Investigation Committee for War Crimes. Testimony was recorded in London on September 13, 1945. English
The testimony presented here, is one of the first ones by Kastner (later on Kastner was summoned several times to Nuremberg by the American prosecution, which also financed some of his trips, in order to take part in investigations of senior Nazi officers taking advantage of his acquaintance with the SS system and with senior officers), he describes the Nazi officers Kurt Becher, Dieter Wisliceny, Herman Krumey and Hans Jüttner as war criminals. However, in his future testimonies, Kastner testified in favor of the above and declared that they helped in saving Jews, and thus allowing them to escape prosecution for war crimes.
Ten years later, when the famous "Kastner Trial"in Jerusalem in June of 1955 ended, the Supreme Court ruled that "Kastner saved Kurt Becher through intentional lies and in a criminal manner from the punishment that awaited him in Nuremberg" [death penalty]. [10] leaves, 33 cm. Duplication of a typewritten text. Good condition. Minor spots. Minor tears to borders of first and second leaf.
