Controversy
Not all historians agree that Hillel Kook and his rescue group had impact on rescue. Notably, Prof. Yehuda Bauer stated "Hillel Kook didn't save anyone.".
Yad Vashem's modern, new museum's chamber on rescue excludes Hillel Kook and the rescue group he led, but does present some other Jews as rescuers, including Dr. Rudolf Kastner, whom many in Israel consider to be at best highly controversial in the Holocaust context, and at worst to have been a traitor. Since Yad Vashem is the Israeli government's Holocaust center this is one of the many indications that the State of Israel declines recognizing Hillel Kook's rescue efforts. Apparently Hillel Kook is presented in an obscure corner of the Washington Holocaust museum situated in such a manner that about 2% of the visitors see it
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