{"product_id":"trapped-by-evil-and-deceit-the-story-of-hansi-and-joel-brand-9781644694992","title":"Trapped by Evil and Deceit: The Story of Hansi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Holocaust broke out in Europe, Hansi and Joel Brand were joined by Israel (Rezső) Kasztner to launch an organized effort to save thousands of human lives. Their efforts, which involved playing a dangerous bluffing game against the Nazi regime, helped to end the Auschwitz extermination. Their success put them at odds with the political machine of the young state of Israel. Politicians wanted the public to believe that there was nothing they could do, a sentiment which many still believe to this day. This cover-up led to  Israel's first politically-motivated homicide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In 1944 the Hungarian Jewish activist Joel Brand was sent from Budapest to neutral Turkey to broker a deal on behalf of the Nazis – represented by Eichmann – with the Zionists and the Allies regarding the exchange of thousands of Jews for necessary war materials, the notorious “Blood for Goods”... Daniel Brand, the youngest son of Joel and his wife Hansi, has written a meticulously researched and detailed narrative, based on a huge range of historical documents, attempting to unravel the complexities of the controversial deal, its context, its aftermath and his parents’ part in both. … Each part is divided into short clearly written sections, which make this complicated material fairly easy reading. It is a uniquely personal contribution to the accounts of this murky chapter in Holocaust history.”\u003c\/p\u003e— Glenda Abramson, University of Oxford, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern Jewish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e 21:4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The last chapter of the Holocaust—the extermination of half a million Hungarian Jews in 1944—remains shrouded in mystery. How could so many people be lured to their deaths, in such a short time frame, and at this eleventh hour of the war? One of the key controversies concerns Adolf Eichmann’s infamous proposal to release up to one million Jews in exchange for strategic goods. In May 1944, the Nazis dispatched the author’s father, the rescue worker Joel Brand, to neutral Turkey, to submit this bizarre bid to the Zionists and the Allies. In this important book, Joel’s son Daniel rehabilitates the memory of his parents, which has been the object of multiple misinterpretations. In the process, he challenges the idea that Blood-for-Goods was a mere Nazi deception, and the Brands the unwitting dupes who, supposedly, facilitated this endeavor. Instead he argues that the leaders of the free world failed to realize the potential for saving large numbers of victims that was inherent to the proposal.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Paul Sanders, Associate Professor, NEOMA Business School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dani Brand’s analysis of the situation in Hungary in the early 1940s is much deeper than most. His is the first I have read to do justice to the frame of mind and confused attitudes of the Jewish population, highlighting their impossible situation at this desperate time. He helps to dispel the image suggested by some, that Jews were ‘like sheep to the slaughter.’ He pays long overdue tribute to the truly heroic activities of the Jewish Refugees Committee. He tells how the JRC leadership (including his own parents) and many young Zionists, without weapons, knowingly risked their lives in the cause of saving others from the death camps. Some, like the JRC leader Otto Komoly, were murdered by the Arrow Cross fascists.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Tomi Komoly, Hungarian Holocaust survivor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue     \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Background\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jews in Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Brands         \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Beginning of the Holocaust and the First Rescue Operation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHansi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wedding, 1934–1935\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Golden Age\": The Calm before the Storm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart I. Towards Holocaust\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Early Rescue Operations      \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvasion of Labor Service\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rescue from the Deportation of \"Alien\" Jews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Refugees  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Refugees who Arrived in Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hungarian Jews and the Refugees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Brands and the Refugees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Smuggling Operations (\u003cem\u003eTiyul\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Budapest Relief and Rescue Committee   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Members of the Committee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Gap between Data and Knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarning Signs of the Holocaust in Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat did the Hungarian Jews Know?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II. Holocaust    \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Occupation      \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Early Rescue Attempts in Budapest\u003cstrong\u003e   \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Front Line \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bratislava Working Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Auschwitz Protocols\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive Different Ways for Rescue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jewish Council: Judenrat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Palestinian Office\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe JPU (Jewish Pioneer Underground)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rescue Committee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. The Negotiations with Eichmann: The \"Blood For Goods\" Deal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Destruction of the Hungarian Jewry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Preparations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiquidation of the Periphery Jews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fate of Budapest Jewry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11.  Rescue Activities in Budapest after Joel Left for His Mission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinued Negotiations with Eichmann\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrasshof or \"Jews on Ice\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Train of the Privileged\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Forged Documents and Hansi's Arrest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRescuing the Budapest Jews at the End of August 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKrausz's Rescue Attempts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jewish Pioneer Underground in Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional Achievements of the Negotiations with the Nazis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOttó Komoly and the International Red Cross (IRC)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Budapest Ghetto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. The Paratroopers' Affair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Paratroopers' Mission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Paratroopers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Paratroopers' Activities in Hungary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reasons for the Paratroopers' Failure in Hungary \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Hansi: \"The Heart of the Consortium\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III. Indifference\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Istanbul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndifference and Negligence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Could Have Possibly been Done?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Pre-State Israel, the Jewish People, and the Holocaust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jews over the World: What They Knew and How They Reacted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJewish Rescue Policy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV. Deception \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. The Struggle for the Narrative  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jewish Public in Palestine\/Israel and Its Post-War Leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Attitude toward Jewish Rescuers of Jews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. The Kasztner Affair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKasztner's Report\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKasztner's Mission to Nuremberg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKasztner's Trial \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. Rewriting the History  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Early Years: The Holocaust and Its Victims are Not on the Public Agenda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoel's Mission Exposure and Its Implications      \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. Deception Techniques       \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal-Time Documents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNon-German Documents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGerman Documents \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDownplaying the Importance of the Rescue Attempts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEliminating the Brands from the History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKasztner's Unborn Children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDamaging Joel's Reputation and Trustworthiness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho is Misleading?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20. The Brands Affair \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1: Sharet's Report\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2: The Jewish Agency Rescue Policy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimetable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359909413207,"sku":"9781644694992","price":89.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781644694992.jpg?v=1754126086","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/trapped-by-evil-and-deceit-the-story-of-hansi-and-joel-brand-9781644694992","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}