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Nazi Hunters
Nazi Hunters | Andrew Nagorski
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More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close as they and the hunted die off. Their saga can now be told almost in its entirety. After the Nuremberg trials and the start of the Cold War, most of the victors in World War II lost interest in prosecuting Nazi war criminals. Many of the lower-ranking perpetrators quickly blended in with the millions who were seeking to rebuild their lives in a new Europe, while those who felt most at risk fled the continent. "The Nazi Hunters "focuses on the small band of men and women who refused to allow their crimes to be forgotten and who were determined to track them down to the furthest corners of the earth. "The Nazi Hunters" reveals the experiences of the young American prosecutors in the Nuremberg and Dachau trials, Benjamin Ferencz and William Denson; the Polish investigating judge Jan Sehn, who handled the case of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss; Germany s judge and prosecutor Fritz Bauer, who repeatedly forced his countrymen to confront their country s record of mass murder; the Mossad agent Rafi Eitan, who was in charge of the Israeli team that nabbed Eichmann; and Eli Rosenbaum, who rose to head the US Justice Department s Office of Special Investigations that belatedly sought to expel war criminals who were living quietly in the United States. But some of the Nazi hunters most controversial actions involved the more ambiguous cases, such as former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim s attempt to cover up his wartime history. Or the fate of concentration camp guards who have lived into their nineties, long past the time when reliable eyewitnesses could be found to pinpoint their exact roles. The story of the Nazi hunters is coming to a natural end. It was unprecedented in so many ways, especially the degree to which the initial impulse of revenge was transformed into a struggle for justice. The Nazi hunters have transformed our fundamental notions of right and wrong. Andrew Nagorski s book is a richly reconstructed odyssey and an unforgettable tale of gritty determination, at times reckless behavior, and relentless pursuit."
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Jdscott50
Nazi Hunters | Andrew Nagorski
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These are the stories of the struggles and the successes of the Nazi Hunters. Many of the former Nazis are dead as are the men and women who hunted them. More important is the legacy that they leave behind. They remind those in the future of these atrocities. Those in the future should never forget these crimes, with the hope that they will never happen again.

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Jdscott50
Nazi Hunters | Andrew Nagorski
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Thought I would get some light reading in to get me through Election Day! Don't forget to vote!

Books_Wine_Repeat Good one! 8y
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AnnieSmith
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Nagorski reveals the complicated history of tracking down Nazi war criminals from the end of World War II up through the recent case against Iwan Demjanuk. As war criminals went to ground around the world, their pursuers had to fight against indifference, red tape, and each other's egos.

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AnnieSmith
Nazi Hunters | Andrew Nagorski

30% of the way through this and, since I read Hiding in Plain Sight last month, am starting to worry if I've hit my saturation level fit reading about war criminals or if the book just needed more editing.