Nazi hunters. L'incredibile cattura del criminale nazista Eichmann

Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis’ Final Solution, was a man whose very name struck fear in the heart of any hearers. But as World War II came to an end in 1945, this powerful man somehow disappeared, seemingly going unpunished for his part in the Holocaust. Incredibly, he managed Leggi tutto

Another good book, very suspenseful, and a really enjoyable plot with good writing.

Absolutely excellent piece of narrative non-fiction. This book was full of facts but told in a way that made it read like a spy novel thriller. I had never heard of Eichmann, which shames me since WWII and Holocaust history is the time period I know the most about and have spent the most time studyi Leggi tutto

I was pretty surprised by how "blah" I thought this book was. I know that it's by the same author who just wrote Hunting Eichmann and it's actually gotten mentioned in Newbery buzz (as in, what a shame that this great book isn't eligible) but I thought that it was not great. Bascomb must have put al Leggi tutto

The Nazi Hunters was a book that was promoted at BEA this year, so naturally I was very curious to read this account of the capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960. The author, Neal Bascomb, had already written a book about the group of Holocaust survivors who pulled off Eichmann's capture for adults call Leggi tutto