Mezonos Maven–
As far as the mistakes made by the Rabbanim–you think that they were not done “with malice”.
I would modify that a bit–we have firsthand accounts to the motzei shem ra that the Rabbinical leadership of the time committed –besmirching the names of those that did encourage emigration. Was that malice? The book “Em Habanim Semeicha” is a nice place to start–and the author’s reliability surpasses Hecht’s by light-years.
You say “Let’s for arguments sake say that the “Hareidi Rabbinical leaders” (however you wish to define that) made mistakes. Let’s for argument’s sake say they made wrong decisions. To the best of my knowledge, and correct me if you know otherwise, NO ONE has ever alleged they did so with malice.”
Nobody has shown “malice on the part of Kastner either.” What has been shown on the part of Kastner is results. One thousand, seven hundred of them. You condemn the man responsible–and have shown absolutely nothing comparable on the part of your ideological colleagues. Nothing. How many did they get out?
Others that did manage to get out were aided by efforts of Modern Orthodoxy and Religious Zionism. Leaders of YU at the time come to mind.
Any involvement by Hareidim in the US to rescue Jews primarily concentrated on other Haredim. They wanted to rescue their own first. Just like the Zionists.