Der Bericht des Jüdischen Rettungskomitees aus Budapest 1942-1945, Vorgelegt von Dr. Rezsö Kasztner [The report of the Jewish Rescue Committee in Budapest 1942-1945, Submitted by Dr. Rezsö Kasztner] [Switzerland or Budapest?]: Vaadat Ezra Vö-Hazalah Bö Budapest, [1946]. German.
Report (mimeographed typescript) on the activity of the Jewish Aid and Rescue Committee in Budapest during World War II, submitted by Rezsö (Israel) Kastner to the first Zionist congress after the Holocaust in Basel, 1946. Classified "Confidential" on the top of the cover.
The report was written by Kastner shortly after World War II and it contains an extensive description of the events of the Holocaust in Hungary, a review of the activity of the Jewish Aid and Rescue Committee and a documentation of the efforts to organize the departure of the "Rescue Train" from Hungary to Switzerland. Appearing at the end of the report are several copies of affidavits and letters of recommendation in favor of Kastner, describing his activity for the Jews of Hungary and the financial help he gave the Jews of the Theresienstadt Ghetto.
The report aided Kastner's acquittal after a court decision in 1955 stated that "Kastner sold his soul to the devil" and collaborated with the Nazis and after he was assassinated in Tel-Aviv in March 1957. The report was translated to Hebrew and published in the early 1980s by the "Society for the Commemoration of Israel Kastner".
[1], XIII, 191, [6] leaves, approx. 30 cm. Bound with a string. Good condition. Stains. A few creases and small tears to the margins. Tears and blemishes to cover.