{"podcast":{"title":"History for the Curious - The Jewish History Podcast","slug":"history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442","podcast_index_feed_id":4092442,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/rabbiaubreyhersh/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rabbiauberyhersh.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11909840/Curious-_podbean78t0s.jpg","author":"JLE","episode_count":200,"summary":"History for the Curious The most talked-about Jewish History Podcast History for the Curious features the dynamic historian and famous tour guide & lecturer: Rabbi Aubrey Hersh, live from Olami UK in London, hosted by myself: Mena Reisner Join us as we cross continents, sail through the centuries, tracing lives, uncovering events and following epic journeys, to reveal the untold stories, the scandals, and the mysteries, that have impacted our history and shaped us into who we are today. Encounter leaders, visionaries, spies, heroes & traitors and unpack 2,000 years of Jewish heritage. Go back to the story of Jews in the Temple of Jerusalem. Confront the dilemmas of the Holocaust. Visit Paris, Prague, Vilna, London, Venice, New York & the Cairo Geniza. Meet The Russian Czar, Ramchal, Maharal, Maimonides, Churchill, Shabbetai Zvi and the Hapsburgs.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T02:18:10.907967+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442"},"episode":{"title":"#196: The WWII Hero who Rescued Budapest's Jews","slug":"196-the-wwii-hero-who-rescued-budapest-s-jews","published_at":"2026-07-12T10:51:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/196-the-wwii-hero-who-rescued-budapest-s-jews","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442","url":"https://rabbiaubreyhersh.podbean.com/e/196-the-wwii-hero-who-rescued-budapests-jews/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7n4i8hb86qx9tc6t/HC091_-_Ep_196_-_Holocaust_Part_2_Assembled_mixdown7rc6i.mp3","summary":"Join our WhatsApp group for weekly exclusive content: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FEgoaCOQoyU2VX49SwA8Aw?s=cl&p=a&ilr=4 George Mandel-Mantello was one man on his own, a Jew living in Switzerland, who ignited an international outcry against the destruction of Hungary’s Jewish community and stopped the deportation of the last 250,000 Jews. Mantello’s weapon was not a gun or an army — it was information. With extraordinary courage and ingenuity, he forged papers, sent a courier into Hungary to gather first-hand reports about Auschwitz and forced the allies to react. But for decades afterwards, the actions of this saviour were deliberately minimised and censored. Meanwhile in nearby Germany, the brother of the highest ranking member of the SS, was helping Jews escape the Nazi inferno. His courage also went unheralded for many years. Timestamps: [0:03:55] – George Mantello – An Overlooked Hero of the Holocaust [0:15:14] – The Auschwitz Protocols & Mantello’s Information Mission to Hungary [0:26:30] – Emergency Meeting in Switzerland & Decision to Act [0:29:12] – Breaking Swiss Censorship & Media Avalanche [0:33:31] – Global Political Impact & Halting the Hungarian Deportation Trains [0:37:08] – Raoul Wallenberg and the International Ghetto in Budapest [0:38:45] – Arrow Cross Takeover, Death Marches & Survival of Budapest Jewry [0:41:08] – Post-War Rescue Operations and Salvadorian Papers Reused [0:49:42] – Reinhard Heydrich – Architect of the Final Solution [0:54:40] – Heinz Heydrich – The Brother Who Turned Rescuer [0:58:25] – Lina Heydrich & Persistence of Nazi Ideology [1:00:45] – Closing Reflections & Recovering Mantello’s Legacy","meta_description":"Join our WhatsApp group for weekly exclusive content: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FEgoaCOQoyU2VX49SwA8Aw?s=cl&p=a&ilr=4 George Mandel-Mantello was o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3696,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/episodes/196-the-wwii-hero-who-rescued-budapest-s-jews/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/196-the-wwii-hero-who-rescued-budapest-s-jews.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}