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Rezső Kasztner

1906 - 1957

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Rezső Kasztner (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkastnɛr ˈrɛʒøː]; 1906 – 15 March 1957), also known as Rudolf Israel Kastner (Hebrew: ישראל רודולף קסטנר), was a Hungarian-Israeli journalist and lawyer who became known for having helped a group of Jews escape from occupied Europe during the Holocaust on the Kastner train. After World War II, he was accused of having failed to inform the majority of Hungarian Jews about the reality of what awaited them in Auschwitz. He was assassinated in 1957 after an Israeli court accused him of having "sold his soul to the devil," a charge that was overturned by the Supreme Court of Israel in 1958. Kasztner was one of the leaders of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (Va'adat Ezrah Vehatzalah, or Vaada), which smuggled Jewish refugees into Hungary during World War II. When the Nazis invaded Hungary in March 1944, he helped refugees escape. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Rezső Kasztner is the 8,035th most popular politician (down from 5,463rd in 2024), the 142nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 96th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rezső Kasztner ranks 8,036 out of 19,576. Before him are David Vunagi, Aleksandar Tsankov, Rechiar, Oleksii Reznikov, Missak Manouchian, Irina Godunova, and Publius Claudius Pulcher. After him are Zbigniew of Poland, He Yingqin, Burt Munro, Louis IV, Elector Palatine, and Gotarzes II of Parthia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Rezső Kasztner ranks 110. Before him are Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Pierre Fournier, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Carol Reed, Phạm Văn Đồng, and Missak Manouchian. After him are Fred Lawrence Whipple, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Dita Parlo, Enrico Mattei, and Paolo Stoppa. Among people deceased in 1957, Rezső Kasztner ranks 84. Before him are Rudolf Schmidt, Dorothy L. Sayers, Pedro Infante, Josef Hofmann, Washington Luís, and Zhou Xuan. After him are Paul Walden, Carlos Castillo Armas, Elizabeth Hesselblad, Albert Anastasia, Ernst Gräfenberg, and Prince Franz of Bavaria.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Rezső Kasztner ranks 142 out of 844. Before him are Lucian Mureșan (1931), Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817), Péter Eötvös (1944), Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), and Dora d'Istria (1828). After him are Mihai Antonescu (1904), Péter Pázmány (1570), István Bethlen (1874), Georges Politzer (1903), Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), and Adrian Năstase (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Rezső Kasztner ranks 63. Before him are Manea Mănescu (1916), Gabriel Báthory (1589), Francis I Rákóczi (1645), Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817), Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854), and Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674). After him are Mihai Antonescu (1904), István Bethlen (1874), Vasile Milea (1927), Michael II Apafi (1676), Ilie Bolojan (1969), and Marcel Ciolacu (1967).

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