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'''Kastner Train''' (see [[Holocaust Children Studies]])
 
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* [[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) ==
 
* [[Kastner Train I]]
 
== The Children (Train II - December 1944) ==
 
* [[Kastner Train II]]


== Noticeable Child Survivors ==
== Noticeable Child Survivors ==


* [[Péter Szondi]] (Hungary, 1929-1971)
* [[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) (?)
 


* [[Thomas Kremer]] (Hungary, 1930-2017)
* R' Joel Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe
* [[Sever Sternhell]] (Poland, 1930)
* 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


* [[Adam Heller]] (Hungary, 1933)
== Bibliography ==
* [[Ladislaus Löb]] (Hungary, 1933)


* [[William Stern]] (Hungary, 1935)
• 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


* [[Thomas Komoly]] (Hungary, 1936)
• Ladislaus Lob: “Dealing with Satan: Rezsö Kasztner's Daring Rescue Mission” Jonathan Cape; First Edition edition (February 14, 2008) ISBN-10: 0224077929
* [[Shaul Ladany]] (Hungary, 1936)

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Kastner Train (see Holocaust Children Studies)

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


  • 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)"

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