Hungarian Communists - Imre Lakatos, Joel Brand, Istvan CS. Bartos, Tefan Fori, Gusztav Sebes, Wilhelm Stepper-Tristis, Istvan Ries (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Imre Lakatos, Joel Brand, Istvan Cs. Bartos, tefan Fori, Gusztav Sebes, Wilhelm Stepper-Tristis, Istvan Ries, Dumitru Cernicica, Theodore Maly, Rezs Nyers, Eugen Varga, Alexandru Iacob, Tibor Szamuely, Edith Gyomr i Ludowyk, Ferenc Erdei, Leo Frankel, Ivan Berend, Jozsef Darvas, Albert Konya, Sandor Csizmadia, Gyorgy Nyisztor, Lajos Faluvegi, Jen Hamburger, Pal Vastagh, Karoly Vantus, Bela Szekely, Endre Sik, Janos Boldoczki, Tibor Erdey-Gruz, Gyula Hay, Istvan Antos, Ferenc Szabo, Mihaly Farkas, Pal Ilku, Jen Landler, Laszlo Orban, Miklos Nagy, Bela Kopeczi, Valeria Benke, Istvan Ladai, Karoly Janza, Karoly Polinszky, Geza Revesz, Mihaly Korom, Ferenc Nezval, Tibor Czibere, Bela Kovacs, Janos Pap, Janos Kamara, Imre Markoja, Andras Benkei, Miklos Steinmetz, Bela Vago, Jozsef Gyore, Antal Dovcsak, Gyorgy Aczel, Bela Szanto. Excerpt: Joel Brand (April 25, 1906 - July 13, 1964) was a Hungarian sailor and odd-job man who became known for his role during the Holocaust in trying to save the Hungarian-Jewish community from deportation to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Described by historian Yehuda Bauer as a brave adventurer who felt at home in underground conspiracies and card-playing circles, Brand teamed up with fellow Zionists in Budapest to form the Aid and Rescue Committee, a group that helped Jewish refugees in Nazi-occupied Europe escape to the relative safety of Hungary, before the Germans invaded that country too in March 1944. Shortly after the invasion, Brand was asked by SS officer Adolf Eichmann to help broker a deal between the SS and the United States or Britain. Eichmann said he would release up to one million Hungarian Jews, if the Western Allies would supply Germany with 10,000 trucks and large quantities of soap, tea, and coffee. The negotiations, described by The Times as one of the most loath...