The necessity of the capture and trial of Adolf Eichmann was not solely justice, revenge for the atrocities suffered by the Jews under his watch. The new German government after World War III had numerous sympathizers. A new Kristallnacht had occurred during which 685 Jewish locations throughout the country were vandalized. Schoolteachers were found to be teaching incorrect information about Hitler's regime. Textbooks had been rewritten to minimize the Jewish Question. If Eichmann, one of the leading organizers of the Holocaust, was caught and punished "the world would be forced to remember what had happened, and it would be reminded that such horrors must never be repeated." This book describes the new nation of Israel's detailed plan to find, capture, and transport Adolf Eichmann for the purposes stated above. Well-researched, extraordinarily well-written, and filled with photographs, this engaging nonfiction book should be part of any well-developed Holocaust collection.
Gateway Award Preliminary Nominee 2015-16
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