Brand Trapped by Evil and Deceit

The Story of Hansi and Joel Brand
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64469-502-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten

Trapped by Evil and Deceit is a historical account of true events that reads like a political thriller.Amazingly, a few Jews successfully saved thousands of lives during the holocaust. After barely surviving, they were ostracized and even murdered in Israel to conceal the inaction of the political elite.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brand, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Genozid und ethnische Säuberung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPrologue 1. BackgroundHungary
The Jews in Hungary2. The Brands The Beginning of the Holocaust and the First Rescue Operation
Joel
Hansi
The Wedding, 1934–1935
The “Golden Age”: The Calm before the StormPart I. Towards Holocaust 3. Early Rescue Operations Evasion of Labor Service
The Rescue from the Deportation of “Alien” Jews4. The Refugees The Refugees who Arrived in Hungary
The Hungarian Jews and the Refugees
The Brands and the Refugees
The Smuggling Operations (Tiyul)5. The Budapest Relief and Rescue Committee The Members of the Committee6. The Gap between Data and KnowledgeWarning Signs of the Holocaust in Hungary
What did the Hungarian Jews Know?Part II. Holocaust 7. The Occupation 8. Early Rescue Attempts in BudapestBackground
The Front Line
The Bratislava Working Group
The Auschwitz Protocols
Five Different Ways for Rescue
The Jewish Council: Judenrat
The Palestinian Office
The JPU (Jewish Pioneer Underground)
The Rescue Committee9. The Negotiations with Eichmann: The “Blood For Goods” Deal10. The Destruction of the Hungarian JewryThe Preparations
Liquidation of the Periphery Jews
The Fate of Budapest Jewry11. Rescue Activities in Budapest after Joel Left for His MissionContinued Negotiations with Eichmann
Strasshof or “Jews on Ice”
“The Train of the Privileged”
The Forged Documents and Hansi’s Arrest
Rescuing the Budapest Jews at the End of August 1944
Krausz’s Rescue Attempts
The Jewish Pioneer Underground in Hungary
Additional Achievements of the Negotiations with the Nazis
Ottó Komoly and the International Red Cross (IRC)
The Budapest Ghetto12. The Paratroopers’ AffairThe Paratroopers’ Mission
The Paratroopers
The Paratroopers’ Activities in Hungary
The Reasons for the Paratroopers’ Failure in Hungary 13. Hansi: “The Heart of the Consortium”Part III. Indifference14. IstanbulIndifference and Negligence
What Could Have Possibly been Done?15. Pre-State Israel, the Jewish People, and the HolocaustThe Jews over the World: What They Knew and How They Reacted
Jewish Rescue PolicyPart IV. Deception 16. The Struggle for the Narrative The Jewish Public in Palestine/Israel and Its Post-War Leadership
The Attitude toward Jewish Rescuers of Jews17. The Kasztner AffairKasztner’s Report
Kasztner’s Mission to Nuremberg
Kasztner’s Trial 18. Rewriting the History The Early Years: The Holocaust and Its Victims are Not on the Public Agenda
Joel’s Mission Exposure and Its Implications 19. Deception Techniques Real-Time Documents
Non-German Documents
German Documents
Downplaying the Importance of the Rescue Attempts
Eliminating the Brands from the History
Kasztner’s Unborn Children
Damaging Joel’s Reputation and Trustworthiness
Who is Misleading?20. The Brands Affair EpilogueAppendicesAppendix 1: Sharet’s Report
Appendix 2: The Jewish Agency Rescue PolicyTimetable
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Brand Daniel:
Daniel Brand, Hansi and Joel's one surviving son, has been researching the Hungarian holocaust for the last 20 years. Previously, he was a Scientific Attaché for the State of Israel, a senior advisor for Israel's Department of Defense, and a researcher at Israel's Atomic Energy Commission. Earlier in his career, he served as lieutenant colonel in the Israeli Defense Force.Daniel Brand, Hansi and Joel's one surviving son, has been researching the Hungarian holocaust for the last 20 years. Previously, he was a Scientific Attaché for the State of Israel, a senior advisor for Israel's Department of Defense, and a researcher at Israel's Atomic Energy Commission. Earlier in his career, he served as lieutenant colonel in the Israeli Defense Force.