Tony Greenstein on the little-known heroic journey of Rudolf Vrba, & how a recent book plays down the role of Rezső Kasztner in thwarting Vrba's mission:

"On 10 April 1944, alongside Alfred Wetzler, Vrba escaped from Auschwitz with the aim of warning Hungarian Jewry of the Nazis’ plans to exterminate the last major surviving Jewish community in Europe."

https://electronicintifada.net/content/guardians-zionist-gatekeeper-rewrites-holocaust-history/48441

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