Deception : how the Nazis tricked the last Jews of Europe
Hale, Chris (Christopher)2019
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In the spring of 1944, Adolf Hitler ordered German troops to occupy Hungary. A special SS unit led by Adolf Eichmann arrived in Budapest. Its purpose? To deport hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. They had already murdered millions of European Jews in occupied Poland. On the eve of this destruction, a group of Hungarian Zionists known as the 'Va'ada', led by Joel Brand and Rezsö Kasztner, began negotiating with the SS to save lives. Then Eichmann made an astonishing offer: to ransom 'a million Jews for 10,000 trucks - Blood for trucks'. Brand was flown to Istanbul to negotiate with the Allies. But Brand's mission failed, and he was imprisoned as a 'German agent' by the British in Cairo.
Main title:
Deception : how the Nazis tricked the last Jews of Europe / Christopher Hale.
Author:
Hale, Chris (Christopher), author
Imprint:
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2019.
Collation:
448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780750988179 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.531809940.531
Language:
English
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BRN:
2249340
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