Also-- the "Grand Rebbe" of the Satmars, Joel Teitelbaum was heavily criticized by many Shoah survivors, especially in Israel, as they felt that he did nothing to save the community and he got his own ass onto a special train that the Germans allowed people to buy their way onto to escape at the end of the war. (Remember, the Germans didn't start sending Hungarian Jews to the death camps until mid-1944 at which point the whole world knew what was happening there.

From Wikipedia:

Prior to the Holocaust, he ignored the threats to Jews of Transylvania and failed to engage in the preparation of rescue and aid plans. As the situation of Hungarian Jews became dangerous, Teitelbaum equipped himself and his closest circle with certificates or visas that would facilitate their escape to Palestine or the United States, while he thwarted all attempts at cooperation between the heads of the Orthodox communities and the Zionist organizations, which could have helped the rest of Jewish community to escape. His daughter settled in Jerusalem, while he openly called on his followers to avoid immigrating to Palestine.[1]

[bold]Teitelbaum's attempts to leave Hungary were part of a broader general phenomenon, which attracted criticism, even then, of rabbis and other public figures fleeing the country. When the Nazis invaded Hungary, his closest associates sought a safer way to smuggle him out by bribing two junior officers, drivers of a Red Cross ambulance, who agreed to drive a group of Jews to Cluj in return for money. The travelers included his family, and several wealthy families who paid most of the costs. The attempt failed and Teitelbaum was arrested and sent to Cluj Ghetto. Faced with harsh living conditions, he asked his followers to try to transfer him to Budapest or back to the ghetto of Satmar, where Jews were housed in residential buildings, but they were unable to fulfill his requests. Baron Fülöp von Freudiger, director of the Orthodox congregation in Budapest, selected eighty rabbis and other prominent figures and paid for their inclusion in the passengers' list of the Kastner train, which was to depart the state for a neutral country. Teitelbaum put himself on the list, despite the fact that the evacuation was organized by a Zionist group. [/bold]

On June 30, 1944, once negotiations with the Germans had been concluded, the passengers boarded a freight train that was planned to proceed to Switzerland, but was eventually diverted to Bergen Belsen. The group was held in a special section, in better conditions than those of other groups. Although the group included several notable figures, Teitelbaum was given special consideration. The group's physician exempted him from roll calls, and volunteers performed the tasks imposed on him. With the help of Kasztner and SS officer Herman Krumey, the final arrangements were made, and Teitelbaum was transferred to Switzerland with some Jews from the group. Upon his arrival in Switzerland, he was accorded preferential treatment by the authorities. Eventually he decided to immigrate to Palestine, but as his institutions became bankrupt, he left and settled in United states.[1]