Eichmann Trial -- Session 59 -- Witness Joel Brand testifies re. negotiations with Eichmann

Eichmann Trial -- Session 59 -- Witness Joel Brand testifies re. negotiations with Eichmann 

Reszö Kasztner (Rudolf Kastner; 1906-1957), journalist, lawyer, and Zionist leader, first in his hometown of Cluj, Romania, then after the annexation of Transylvania by Hungary in 1940, in Budapest. In 1943 he became the vice chairman of the Relief and Rescue Committee of Budapest of the Zionist movement. In 1943 the committee was instrumental - through the work of Joel Brand - in smuggling refugees from Poland and Slovakia into Hungary. After the Germans occupied Hungary in March 1944, the committee made contact with the SS group in charge of the future extermination program under Adolf Eichmann. Kasztner believed that in Hungary, the only avenue for rescue was negotiation with the Germans. Sums of money were paid to the SS, and Joel Brand was sent to Istanbul in May to negotiate the release of large numbers of Jews in return for trucks and other materials "Blood for Good"). When Brand was detained by the British and could not return as promised, his wife Hansi, and Kasztner took over direct negotiations with Eichmann. [Extract from Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, v.2] Emil Knebel was a cinematographer known for Andante (2010), Adam (1973), and Wild Is My Love (1963). He was one of the cameramen who recorded daily coverage of the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem (produced by Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp and later held academic positions in Israel and New York teaching filmmaking at universities. Refer to CV in file. 

Eichmann Trial -- Session 59 -- Witness Joel Brand testifies re. negotiations with Eichmann