Ben Levi, first, Kasztner was never put on trial. Second, Hungarian Jewry proved its blindness and complacency long before Kasztner moved from Romania into Hungary. Third, you have to make a huge leap of faith to accept Mr. Hecht’s argument, that is: this one man, Kasztner, blinded hundreds of thousands to a truth that they would have believed, and acted upon, had only Kasztner spoken out.
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