犹太人的赎金：罗马尼亚和以色列之间非同寻常的秘密交易的故事

1948年后，在大屠杀中幸存下来的37万罗马尼亚犹太人成为新的以色列国的主要移民来源之一，因为几乎所有人都离开家园，在巴勒斯坦和以色列定居。罗马尼亚允许犹太人离开的决定是非常实际的：以色列为他们付出了代价，而罗马尼亚希望在中东受到影响。就以色列而言，它正在拯救一个受到经济和文化灭绝威胁的社区，同时通过大量新移民的涌入加强自己。
拉杜·伊奥尼德追踪了最近时间最长、最昂贵的赎金安排的秘密历史，这是一次持续到共产主义政权倒台的秘密交换。包括罗马尼亚秘密警察档案馆最近解密的大量文件在内，这一最新版本遵循了以色列与共产主义罗马尼亚之间漫长而昂贵的赎金协议。Ioanid揭示了使其成功数十年的复杂机制、幕后人物以及沟通和支付的秘密渠道。他的书就像一部冷战惊悚片一样充满悬念，讲述了一个史无前例的奴隶贸易的完整而令人震惊的故事。
The Ransom of the Jews: The Story of the Extraordinary Secret Bargain Between Romania and Israel
After 1948, the 370,000 Jews of Romania who survived the Holocaust became one of the main sources of immigration for the new state of Israel as almost all left their homeland to settle in Palestine and Israel. Romania’s decision to allow its Jews to leave was baldly practical: Israel paid for them, and Romania wanted influence in the Middle East. For its part, Israel was rescuing a community threatened by economic and cultural extinction and at the same time strengthening itself with a massive infusion of new immigrants.
Radu Ioanid traces the secret history of the longest and most expensive ransom arrangement in recent times, a hidden exchange that lasted until the fall of the Communist regime. Including a wealth of recently declassified documents from the archives of the Romanian secret police, this updated edition follows Israel’s long and expensive ransom arrangement with Communist Romania. Ioanid uncovers the elaborate mechanisms that made it successful for decades, the shadowy figures responsible, and the secret channels of communication and payment. As suspenseful as a Cold-War thriller, his book tells the full, startling story of an unprecedented slave trade.

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