January 31st, 2010
How the Murder of a Poet Has Become a Hero in Hungary
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Budapest commander of the death-squad personally responsible for the murder of Miklós Radnóti–perhaps the greatest poet of the Holocaust well known in English translation–escaped retribution for the deed. His remains rest in official burial grounds reserved for the heroes of the Hungarian republic.
