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	The '''Kastner train''' left [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], at or soon after 11 p.m. on 30 June 1944, carrying over 1,684 jews to [[Switzerland]] after, it is alleged, a large ransom was paid by Swiss Orthodox jew Yitzchak Sternbuch. The train was named after Rudolf Kastner (aka Kasztner), a jewish lawyer and journalist, who was a founding member of the so-called Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, a group that is said to have smuggled jews out of occupied [[Europe]] during the alleged [[~~Holocaust~~]]. Kastner is said to have negotiated with [[Adolf Eichmann]], the German SS officer in charge of Reichsbahn activities relating to trains carrying jews.		The '''Kastner train''' left [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], at or soon after 11 p.m. on 30 June 1944, carrying over 1,684 jews to [[Switzerland]] after, it is alleged, a large ransom was paid by Swiss Orthodox jew Yitzchak Sternbuch. The train was named after Rudolf Kastner (aka Kasztner), a jewish lawyer and journalist, who was a founding member of the so-called Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, a group that is said to have smuggled jews out of occupied [[Europe]] during the alleged [[Holohoax]]. Kastner is said to have negotiated with [[Adolf Eichmann]], the German SS officer in charge of Reichsbahn activities relating to trains carrying jews.

	Its passengers were chosen from a wide range of social classes, and included around 273 children. The wealthiest 150 passengers paid US$1,500 each to cover their own and the others' journey. After a journey of several weeks, the passengers reached Switzerland in August.		Its passengers were chosen from a wide range of social classes, and included around 273 children. The wealthiest 150 passengers paid US$1,500 each to cover their own and the others' journey. After a journey of several weeks, the passengers reached Switzerland in August.

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	The '''Kastner train''' left [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], at or soon after 11 p.m. on 30 June 1944, carrying over 1,684 ~~Jews~~ to [[Switzerland]] after, it is alleged, a large ransom was paid by Swiss Orthodox ~~Jew~~ Yitzchak Sternbuch. The train was named after Rudolf Kastner (aka Kasztner), a ~~Jewish~~ lawyer and journalist, who was a founding member of the so-called Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, a group that is said to have smuggled ~~Jews~~ out of occupied [[Europe]] during the alleged [[Holocaust]]. Kastner is said to have negotiated with [[Adolf Eichmann]], the German SS officer in charge of Reichsbahn activities relating to trains carrying ~~Jews~~.		The '''Kastner train''' left [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], at or soon after 11 p.m. on 30 June 1944, carrying over 1,684 jews to [[Switzerland]] after, it is alleged, a large ransom was paid by Swiss Orthodox jew Yitzchak Sternbuch. The train was named after Rudolf Kastner (aka Kasztner), a jewish lawyer and journalist, who was a founding member of the so-called Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, a group that is said to have smuggled jews out of occupied [[Europe]] during the alleged [[Holocaust]]. Kastner is said to have negotiated with [[Adolf Eichmann]], the German SS officer in charge of Reichsbahn activities relating to trains carrying jews.

	Its passengers were chosen from a wide range of social classes, and included around 273 children. The wealthiest 150 passengers paid US$1,500 each to cover their own and the others' journey. After a journey of several weeks, the passengers reached Switzerland in August.		Its passengers were chosen from a wide range of social classes, and included around 273 children. The wealthiest 150 passengers paid US$1,500 each to cover their own and the others' journey. After a journey of several weeks, the passengers reached Switzerland in August.

	===Note===		===Note===
	This begs the question that if the [[National Socialists]] were intent on exterminating Europe's ~~Jews~~ why would they have permitted and even organised this "escape"? Moreover, this is not the only example of ~~Jews~~ being aided by the SS to leave Europe. On 17 May 1944 the SS provided special transport for 32 members of the very rich ~~Jewish~~ Chorin and Weiss families out of Hungary. They firstly went by car to Vienna, then by air, arriving on board a large, special aeroplane of the German [[Lufthansa]] in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]], on June 25th. They had 1210 kilograms of luggage with them and according to [[Reuters]] news correspondent: "the customs officials in Lisbon had never seen such as mass of jewels" as carried in these families' luggage.<ref>Ferenc Chorin (of the ~~Jewish~~ Chorin-Weiss heavy industrial plants in Hungary) wrote to the Hungarian Regent [[Miklos Horthy]] en route regarding the industries. See: ''The Confidential Papers of Admiral Horthy'' edited by Miklós Szinai & László Szúcs, Corvina Press, Budapest, 1965, pps:290-294.</ref>		This begs the question that if the [[National Socialists]] were intent on exterminating Europe's jews why would they have permitted and even organised this "escape"? Moreover, this is not the only example of jews being aided by the SS to leave Europe. On 17 May 1944 the SS provided special transport for 32 members of the very rich jewish Chorin and Weiss families out of Hungary. They firstly went by car to Vienna, then by air, arriving on board a large, special aeroplane of the German [[Lufthansa]] in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]], on June 25th. They had 1210 kilograms of luggage with them and according to [[Reuters]] news correspondent: "the customs officials in Lisbon had never seen such as mass of jewels" as carried in these families' luggage.<ref>Ferenc Chorin (of the jewish Chorin-Weiss heavy industrial plants in Hungary) wrote to the Hungarian Regent [[Miklos Horthy]] en route regarding the industries. See: ''The Confidential Papers of Admiral Horthy'' edited by Miklós Szinai & László Szúcs, Corvina Press, Budapest, 1965, pps:290-294.</ref>

	==Rudolf Kastner==		==Rudolf Kastner==
	Kastner emigrated to [[Israel]] in 1947. He was a spokesman for the Ministry of Trade and Industry when his negotiations with Eichmann became the subject of controversy. Kastner said he had been told in April or May 1944 of the suspicions of mass murder inside [[Auschwitz]]. Allegations spread after the war that he had done nothing to warn the wider community, but had focused instead on trying to save a smaller number. Questions were also asked about the so-called "ransom" monies paid. The inclusion on the train of his family, as well as 388 people from the ghetto in his home town of Kolozsvár, reinforced the view of his critics that his actions had been self-serving.		Kastner emigrated to [[Israel]] in 1947. He was a spokesman for the Ministry of Trade and Industry when his negotiations with Eichmann became the subject of controversy. Kastner said he had been told in April or May 1944 of the suspicions of mass murder inside [[Auschwitz]]. Allegations spread after the war that he had done nothing to warn the wider community, but had focused instead on trying to save a smaller number. Questions were also asked about the so-called "ransom" monies paid. The inclusion on the train of his family, as well as 388 people from the ghetto in his home town of Kolozsvár, reinforced the view of his critics that his actions had been self-serving.

	The allegations culminated in Kastner being accused in a newsletter of having been a Nazi collaborator. The government sued for libel on his behalf, and the defendant's lawyer turned the trial into an indictment of the Mapai (Socialist Party) leadership and its alleged failure to help Europe's ~~Jews~~. The judge found against the government, ruling that Kastner had "sold his soul to the devil" by negotiating with Eichmann and selecting some ~~Jews~~ to be saved, while failing to alert others. Kastner was subsequently assassinated in [[Tel Aviv]] in March 1957.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/16/archives/israeli-quisling-dead-of-wounds-dr-kastner-branded-a-nazl.html?sq=Kastner&scp=9&st=p ''New York Times'' (16 March 1957] and [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/08/archives/3-israelis-get-life-in-kastner-slaying.html?sq=Kastner&scp=3&st=p 8 January 1958)].</ref> Nine months later, the Supreme Court of Israel overturned most of the lower court's ruling, stating in a 4–1 decision that the judge had "erred seriously".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/16/archives/kastner-cleared-by-israeli-court-supreme-tribunal-reverses-ruling.html?sq=Kastner&scp=4&st=p ''New York Times'' (16 January 1958], [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/17/archives/chief-judge-backs-kastner-clearing.html?sq=Kastner&scp=2&st=p 17 January 1958)], and [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/18/archives/accuser-found-guilty-of-libel-as-israeli-court-clears-kastner.html?sq=Kastner&scp=6&st=p 18 January 1958]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20080113234415/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864174,00.html ''Time'' magazine (27 January 1958)]</ref>		The allegations culminated in Kastner being accused in a newsletter of having been a Nazi collaborator. The government sued for libel on his behalf, and the defendant's lawyer turned the trial into an indictment of the Mapai (Socialist Party) leadership and its alleged failure to help Europe's jews. The judge found against the government, ruling that Kastner had "sold his soul to the devil" by negotiating with Eichmann and selecting some jews to be saved, while failing to alert others. Kastner was subsequently assassinated in [[Tel Aviv]] in March 1957.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/16/archives/israeli-quisling-dead-of-wounds-dr-kastner-branded-a-nazl.html?sq=Kastner&scp=9&st=p ''New York Times'' (16 March 1957] and [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/08/archives/3-israelis-get-life-in-kastner-slaying.html?sq=Kastner&scp=3&st=p 8 January 1958)].</ref> Nine months later, the Supreme Court of Israel overturned most of the lower court's ruling, stating in a 4–1 decision that the judge had "erred seriously".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/16/archives/kastner-cleared-by-israeli-court-supreme-tribunal-reverses-ruling.html?sq=Kastner&scp=4&st=p ''New York Times'' (16 January 1958], [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/17/archives/chief-judge-backs-kastner-clearing.html?sq=Kastner&scp=2&st=p 17 January 1958)], and [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/18/archives/accuser-found-guilty-of-libel-as-israeli-court-clears-kastner.html?sq=Kastner&scp=6&st=p 18 January 1958]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20080113234415/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864174,00.html ''Time'' magazine (27 January 1958)]</ref>

	==Sources==		==Sources==
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	==Sources==		==Sources==
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The '''Kastner train''' left [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], at or soon after 11 p.m. on 30 June 1944, carrying over 1,684 Jews to [[Switzerland]] after, it is alleged, a large ransom was paid by Swiss Orthodox Jew Yitzchak Sternbuch. The train was named after Rudolf Kastner (aka Kasztner), a Jewish lawyer and journalist, who was a founding member of the so-called Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, a group that is said to have smuggled Jews out of occupied [[Europe]] during the alleged [[Holocaust]]. Kastner is said to have negotiated with [[Adolf Eichmann]], the German SS officer in charge of Reichsbahn activities relating to trains carrying Jews.

Its passengers were chosen from a wide range of social classes, and included around 273 children. The wealthiest 150 passengers paid US$1,500 each to cover their own and the others' journey. After a journey of several weeks, the passengers reached Switzerland in August.

===Note===
This begs the question that if the [[National Socialists]] were intent on exterminating Europe's Jews why would they have permitted and even organised this "escape"? Moreover, this is not the only example of Jews being aided by the SS to leave Europe. On 17 May 1944 the SS provided special transport for 32 members of the very rich Jewish Chorin and Weiss families out of Hungary. They firstly went by car to Vienna, then by air, arriving on board a large, special aeroplane of the German [[Lufthansa]] in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]], on June 25th. They had 1210 kilograms of luggage with them and according to [[Reuters]] news correspondent: "the customs officials in Lisbon had never seen such as mass of jewels" as carried in these families' luggage.<ref>Ferenc Chorin (of the Jewish Chorin-Weiss heavy industrial plants in Hungary) wrote to the Hungarian Regent [[Miklos Horthy]] en route regarding the industries. See: ''The Confidential Papers of Admiral Horthy'' edited by Miklós Szinai & László Szúcs, Corvina Press, Budapest, 1965, pps:290-294.</ref>

==Rudolf Kastner==
Kastner emigrated to [[Israel]] in 1947. He was a spokesman for the Ministry of Trade and Industry when his negotiations with Eichmann became the subject of controversy. Kastner said he had been told in April or May 1944 of the suspicions of mass murder inside [[Auschwitz]]. Allegations spread after the war that he had done nothing to warn the wider community, but had focused instead on trying to save a smaller number. Questions were also asked about the so-called "ransom" monies paid. The inclusion on the train of his family, as well as 388 people from the ghetto in his home town of Kolozsvár, reinforced the view of his critics that his actions had been self-serving.

The allegations culminated in Kastner being accused in a newsletter of having been a Nazi collaborator. The government sued for libel on his behalf, and the defendant's lawyer turned the trial into an indictment of the Mapai (Socialist Party) leadership and its alleged failure to help Europe's Jews. The judge found against the government, ruling that Kastner had "sold his soul to the devil" by negotiating with Eichmann and selecting some Jews to be saved, while failing to alert others. Kastner was subsequently assassinated in [[Tel Aviv]] in March 1957.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/16/archives/israeli-quisling-dead-of-wounds-dr-kastner-branded-a-nazl.html?sq=Kastner&scp=9&st=p ''New York Times'' (16 March 1957] and [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/08/archives/3-israelis-get-life-in-kastner-slaying.html?sq=Kastner&scp=3&st=p 8 January 1958)].</ref> Nine months later, the Supreme Court of Israel overturned most of the lower court's ruling, stating in a 4–1 decision that the judge had "erred seriously".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/16/archives/kastner-cleared-by-israeli-court-supreme-tribunal-reverses-ruling.html?sq=Kastner&scp=4&st=p ''New York Times'' (16 January 1958], [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/17/archives/chief-judge-backs-kastner-clearing.html?sq=Kastner&scp=2&st=p 17 January 1958)], and [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/18/archives/accuser-found-guilty-of-libel-as-israeli-court-clears-kastner.html?sq=Kastner&scp=6&st=p 18 January 1958]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20080113234415/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864174,00.html ''Time'' magazine (27 January 1958)]</ref>

==Sources==
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