To specifically address MM last post, it’s ironic that he would mre readilly rely on Eichmann’s testimony about Kasztner. That’s how eager some people are to impugn an innocent man; a hero. They rely on the testimony of Nazis. Talk about doctrinal and ideological. Kasztner did no suppress the Vrba report. He passed it on to the Zionist leadership, which is was Rudolph Vrba asked him to do. There was no need for Kasztner to advertise the report as R. Weismandel was already doing that. As to the selection of passengers on the train, Kasztner did not have the final say. It was done is committee, some of it outside of Budapest. About half the seats were sold to finance the venture. The others were selected in a tortured painstaking process. Was there some nepotism and other corruption? Perhaps there was, but what of it? 1,700 people were saved. How many Jews did the gedolim save?
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