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Alan Bestic
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'''Alan "Sammy" Bestic''' (11 July 1921 – 12 May 2014) was an Irish journalist. The author of several books, including ''The Importance of Being Irish'' (1969), he became best known for having [[Ghostwriter|ghostwritten]] the memoirs of [[Rudolf Vrba]], who escaped from the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] and co-wrote the [[Vrba–Wetzler report]] (1944).<ref name=IrishTimes14June2014>[https://ift.tt/39mHgTu "Newsman and anatomist of 1960s Ireland"]. ''The Irish Times'', 14 June 2014.</ref>
Bestic originally wrote up Vrba's story in five installments for the ''[[Daily Herald (UK newspaper)|Daily Herald]]'', beginning with the headline "I Warned the World of Eichmann's Murders" on 27 February 1961. The stories coincided with increased interest in [[the Holocaust]] because of the forthcoming trial in Jerusalem of [[Adolf Eichmann]], who had been captured in Argentina in 1960.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> After the ''Daily Herald'' stories, Bestic ghostwrote Vrba's book, which was published with a joint byline as ''I Cannot Forgive'' (1963).<ref name=IrishTimes14June2014/>
==Early life==
Bestic attended Kingstown Grammar school in Dublin. He began working as a journalist for the ''[[Irish Times]]'', then left Dublin in 1951 for a job in [[Fleet Street]], London.<ref name=IrishTimes14June2014/>
==Selected works==
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
==References==
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Irish journalists]]
[[Category:People from Dublin]]
Bestic originally wrote up Vrba's story in five installments for the ''[[Daily Herald (UK newspaper)|Daily Herald]]'', beginning with the headline "I Warned the World of Eichmann's Murders" on 27 February 1961. The stories coincided with increased interest in [[the Holocaust]] because of the forthcoming trial in Jerusalem of [[Adolf Eichmann]], who had been captured in Argentina in 1960.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> After the ''Daily Herald'' stories, Bestic ghostwrote Vrba's book, which was published with a joint byline as ''I Cannot Forgive'' (1963).<ref name=IrishTimes14June2014/>
==Early life==
Bestic attended Kingstown Grammar school in Dublin. He began working as a journalist for the ''[[Irish Times]]'', then left Dublin in 1951 for a job in [[Fleet Street]], London.<ref name=IrishTimes14June2014/>
==Selected works==
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
==References==
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Irish journalists]]
[[Category:People from Dublin]]
February 11, 2020 at 06:37AM
