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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Porter, Anna
Kasztner's train: the true story of Rezső Kasztner, unknown
hero of the holocaust / Anna Porter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-55365-222-9

1. Kasztner, Rezső Rudolf, 1906–1957.
2. World War, 1939–1945—Jews—Rescue—Hungary.
3. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—Hungary. 4. Journalists—Hungary—Biography.
5. Lawyers—Hungary—Biography. I. Title.
D804.6.P67 2007       940.53’1835092       C2007-904392-5

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