The Attorney-General of the Government of Israel v. Malchiel Gruenwald
Decided
22 June 1955 (1955-06-22)
Case history
Appealed to
Supreme Court of Israel
Court membership
Judge sitting
Judge Benjamin Halevi
The Attorney-General of the Government of Israel v. Malchiel Gruenwald, commonly known as the Kastner trial, was a libel case in Jerusalem, Israel. Hearings were held from 1 January to October 1954 in the District Court of Jerusalem before Judge Benjamin Halevi (1910–1996), who published his decision on 22 June 1955.[1]
the Government of Israel v. Malchiel Gruenwald, commonly known as the Kastnertrial, was a libel case in Jerusalem, Israel. Hearings were held from 1 January...
The Kastner train is the name usually given to a rescue operation which saved the lives of over 1,600 Jews from Hungary during World War II. It consisted...
attention in 1953, when he accused an Israeli government employee, Rudolf Kastner, of having collaborated with the Nazis during the Holocaust. Gruenwald...
Malchiel Gruenwald, who alleged that Kastner had collaborated with the Nazis. It was the first big Holocaust trial in Israel. Gruenwald had alleged in...
attention to the 1954 trial in Jerusalem of Malchiel Gruenwald, a Hungarian Jew living in Israel. In 1952 Gruenwald accused Rudolf Kastner, who had become a...
of Holocaust Consciousness in Israel: The Nuremberg, Kapos, Kastner, and Eichmann Trials". Israel Studies. 8 (3). Translated by Moshe, Tlamim: 1–24. doi:10...
moment the good intentions of Kurt Becher etc." Kastner himself was eventually the defendant in a trial in which the Jerusalem District Court found that...
what became known as the "Kastnertrial," a libel lawsuit against Malchiel Gruenwald, a hotelier, who accused Rudolf Kastner of having been a Nazi collaborator...
with the Nazis is a feature-length theatrical documentary about Rudolf Kastner, and directed by Gaylen Ross. Ross first learned of Kasztner while working...
prominent figures, and paid for their inclusion in the passengers' list of the Kastner train, which was to depart the state for a neutral country. Teitelbaum...
לשעת לילה מאוחרת), and in the drama series The KastnerTrial (משפט קסטנר) in which he played Rudolf Kastner. He was a host in the comedy series Zehu Ze!...
281 pp. (plus 29 pp.), Julian Messner (1962); about the 1954–1955 Kastnertrial in Jerusalem Perfidy 288 pp. Milah Press (1961), Inc. (April 1, 1997)...
B') including Eichmann. Adolf Eichmann History of the Jews in Hungary Kastner train Kurt Becher Bauer, Yehuda (1994). Jews for Sale: Nazi–Jewish Negotiations...
Vrba–Wetzler report History of the Jews in Hungary The Holocaust Kastner train Kastnertrial Writers Malchiel Gruenwald (Michtavim el haveray be'Mizrahi,...
with Rudolf Kastner's activity during the Holocaust in Hungary. She also testified in the Kastnertrial in 1954 and in the Eichmann trial in 1961. In...
disgruntled elements, and to disillusionment with the economic situation. The Kastnertrial also played into Herut's hands, when, together with Maki, they helped...
until his trial would take place. At the trial itself, Barrett's attorney reiterated that his client's actions were the result of Kastner's perceived...
("die Muehle laufen lasse"). During his trial in Jerusalem in 1961, Eichmann denied having said this to Kastner. He told the court that he did not have...
Vrba–Wetzler report History of the Jews in Hungary The Holocaust Kastner train Kastnertrial Writers Malchiel Gruenwald (Michtavim el haveray be'Mizrahi,...
General, he decided to indict Malchiel Gruenwald, starting the Rudolf Kastnertrial and decided to ignore the (British based) law "and refrained from pressing...
part of the Kastnertrial in Jerusalem, Israel, the Zionist-dominated Jewish council of Kolozsvár (including Ernő, the brother of Rudolf Kastner, and Mózes...
the 1980s and 90s, his plays Kastner, Pangs of the Messiah, and Pollard, and the documentary drama serials The KastnerTrial and Bus No. 300, placed him...
1944 as a result of a deal between Rudolph Kastner, and a deputy of Adolf Eichmann. He journeyed on the Kastner train, a special train bound for neutral...
of Israel until 26 January, 5th Government of Israel 1 January – The Kastnertrial starts. 26 January – Moshe Sharett presents his cabinet for a Knesset...