Rudolf Kasztner in history, in testimony, and in memory

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" Rudolf Kasztner in history, in testimony, and in memory "
Annie Szamosi

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	55022
Doc. No	:	TL24976
Call number	:	‭MR29620‬
Main Entry	:	Annie Szamosi
Title & Author	:	Rudolf Kasztner in history, in testimony, and in memory\ Annie Szamosi
College	:	York University (Canada)
Date	:	2006
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2006
Page No	:	290
Abstract	:	Rudolf Kasztner's negotiations with Adolf Eichmann to effect the rescue of Hungarian Jews is a controversial aspect of Holocaust history: one that has taken on dimensions that reach into personal and political spheres. Told from a perspective of the author's familial connection to the story, this thesis offers a close reading of the existing historical literature and incorporates new material in the form of recent interviews with its participants. Looking at issues of historical narrative, cultural trauma and collective memory it also demonstrates how opinions about the Kasztner affair are linked to public attitudes towards the Holocaust both within and outside Israel, to Jewish identity, and to Israel's relationship with its neighbors. The thesis argues that the traits displayed by some historical narratives such as an assumption of causality, the exclusion of the arbitrary and a rejection of ambivalence can obstruct both individuals' and nations' ability to learn from history.
Subject	:	Social sciences; European history; 0335:European history
Added Entry	:	York University (Canada)