The Kastner Trial โ Season 1, Episode 1: Episode 1
Drama โข 60 min โข 1 season, 3 episodes โข โ 9.0/10
About The Kastner Trial
This three-part television courtroom drama series is based on one of the most controversial trials in Israelโs history. In 1944 Dr Yisrael Kastner, a member of the committee for the rescue of Hungarian Jewry, succeeded in saving the lives of 1,685 Jews by gaining permission for them to leave Budapest. A decade later he was accused of collaborating with the Nazis and was assassinated. Focusing on the courtroom procedures of 1954โ5, as well as on the private lives of the protagonists, and drawing on court proceedings and interviews, the drama deconstructs the narrative of the Holocaust, bringing out issues such as the ineffective policy of the Zionist leadership regarding the Holocaust and the morally ambivalent stance of the survivors.