Rezső Kasztner
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Cluj-Napoca |
Romania | |
Assassinated | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel |
Spouse | Elizabeth Kastner |
Buried | Nahalat Yitshak Cemetery, Israel |
Grandchildren | Merav Michaeli |
Children | Zsuzsi Kastner |
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ID | 803127 |
Rezső Kasztner Life story
Rezső Kasztner, also known as Rudolf Israel Kastner, was a Jewish-Hungarian journalist and lawyer who became known for having helped Jews escape from occupied Europe during the Holocaust. He was assassinated in 1957 after an Israeli court accused him of having collaborated with the Nazis.