Category:Kastner Train (subject)
Kastner Train (see Holocaust Children Studies)
- See List of the Rescued -- Holocaust Database
- Holocaust Refugee Children, Switzerland
- See also : Magdeburg Train -- Terezin Train -- Troebitz Train
Overview
The Kastner train consisted of 35 cattle wagons that left Budapest on 30 June 1944, during the German occupation of Hungary, carrying over 1,600 Jews temporarily to Bergen-Belsen and safety in Switzerland after a large ransom was paid.
The train reached Bergen-Belsen on Sunday, 9 July, 1944 the passengers were taken to a special section, what would be known as the Ungarnlager (Hungarian camp), where they were held for weeks, and in some cases months.
The first batch of 318 passengers arrived in Switzerland on 18 August 1944, and the rest in December. It is reported that approximately 1,350 passengers arrived in Switzerland in December 1944.
The total saved was about 1,670. The group was housed in the Swiss village of Caux, near Montreux, in requisitioned former luxury hotels. The Orthodox Jews were housed in the Regina (formerly the Grand Hotel), and the others in the Hotel Esplanade (formerly Caux Palace).
There were many children aboard the Kastner Train. Saving as many children as possible (including some orphans) was one of the priority of the organizers.
The Children (Train I - August 1944)
The Children (Train II - December 1944)
Noticeable Child Survivors
- Peter Munk (M / Hungary, 1927)
- Péter Szondi (M / Hungary, 1929-1971)
- Thomas Kremer (M / Hungary, 1930-2017)
- Sever Sternhell (M / Poland, 1930)
- Simon Polgar (M / Hungary, 1931)
- Gyorgy Amsel (M / Hungary, 1933)
- Adam Heller (M / Hungary, 1933)
- Ladislaus Löb (M / Hungary, 1933)
- William Stern (M / Hungary, 1935)
- Meir Brand (M / Poland, Hungary, 1936)
- Shaul Ladany (M / Hungary, 1936)
- Judy Jacobs (F / Hungary, 1937)
- Itzik Weinberg (M / Poland, Hungary, 1938)
- John H. Merey (M / Hungary, 1940)
- Judith Rotem (F / Hungary, 1942)
- Michael Pinto-Duschinsky (M / Hungary, 1943) (?)
- R' Joel Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe
- Egon Mayer, Sociologist, Kasztner Memorial Site Creator
- Béla Zsolt , Author
- Leopold Szondi, Psychiatrist
- Dezső Ernster, Opera Singer
- István Irsai, Artist
- Peter Munk, Canadian Philanthropist
- Ladislaus Lob, Professor of Literature
- Adam Heller, Geni , YouTube video Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Anna Halberstam-Rubin, radio interview, Professor of Russian Jewish history
- Rabbi Mendel Halberstam
- Emanuel (Manny) Mandel, Psychotherapist
- Peska Friedman, Sister of the Munkascer rebbe, Baruch Rabinowicz
- Shaul Ladany
- George Rozsa
- Stefan Bergner, Buenos Aires
- Bela Gondos
- Anna Ilona Havas
- Margalit Manci Koves
- Rosie Steinfeld
Bibliography
• Anna Porter: Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust, Walker Books; Reprint edition (March 10, 2009) ISBN-10: 0802717411
• Ladislaus Lob: “Dealing with Satan: Rezsö Kasztner's Daring Rescue Mission” Jonathan Cape; First Edition edition (February 14, 2008) ISBN-10: 0224077929
Pages in category "Kastner Train (subject)"
The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
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- Peter Munk (M / Hungary, 1927-2018), Holocaust survivor
- Vera Szondi (F / Hungary, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Eta Abel (F / Hungary, 1929), Holocaust survivor
- Zeussi Amsel (M / Hungary, 1929), Holocaust survivor
- Péter Szondi (M / Hungary, 1929-1971), Holocaust survivor
- Julia Barkany (F / Hungary, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- Thomas Kremer (M / Romania, 1930-2017), Holocaust survivor
- Veronka Polgar / Vera John-Steiner (F / Hungary, 1930-2017), Holocaust survivor
- Sever Sternhell
- George Barkany (M / Hungary, 1931), Holocaust survivor
- Steven Polgar (M / Hungary, 1931-1978), Holocaust survivor
- Eszter Bein (F / Hungary, 1932), Holocaust survivor
- Gyorgy Amsel (M / Hungary, 1933-2017), Holocaust survivor
- Judit Frank / Judy Weinberger (F / Hungary, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Adam Heller (M / Romania, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Susanne Ladany (F / Yugoslavia, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Ladislaus Löb (M / Hungary, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Eva Abel (F / Hungary, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Thomas Brand (M / Hungary, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Mirjam Berger (F / Yugoslavia, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Martha Frank (F / Hungary, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- William Stern
- Meir Brand (M / Poland, Hungary, 1936), Holocaust survivor
- Judit Gottdiener
- Gabriel Kremer (M / Romania, 1936), Holocaust survivor
- Paul Shaul Ladany (M / Yugoslavia, 1936), Holocaust survivor
- Emanuel Mandel (M / Hungary, 1936), Holocaust survivor
- Simon Zwiebel (M / Poland, 1936), Holocaust survivor
- Jozsef Berger (M / Yugoslavia, 1937), Holocaust survivor
- Judit Gondos / Judy Jacobs (F / Hungary, 1937), Holocaust survivor
- Martha Abel (F / Hungary, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Gabor Frank (M / Hungary, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Itzik Weinberg (M / Poland, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Peter Bach (M / Hungary, 1939), Holocaust survivor
- Judith Bein (F / Hungary, 1939), Holocaust survivor
- Janos Merei / John H. Merey (M / Hungary, 1940), Holocaust survivor
- Martha Ladany (F / Yugoslavia, 1941), Holocaust survivor
- Judith Rotem (F / Hungary, 1942), Holocaust survivor
- Esther Widrich (F / Yugoslavia, 1942), Holocaust survivor
- Michael Pinto-Duschinsky (M / Hungary, 1943), Holocaust survivor
- Eva Frank (F / Hungary, 1944), Holocaust survivor