Bibliograph

Simon Wiesenthal, the life and legends, Tom Segev

Type

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Simon Wiesenthal, the life and legends, Tom Segev

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Simon Wiesenthal

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

632078911

Responsibility statement

Tom Segev

Sub title

the life and legends

Summary

A fully documented profile of the "Nazi hunter" famous for his unrelenting pursuit of Nazi criminals draws on extensive international records to discuss such topics as his role in capturing Adolf Eichmann, rivalry with Elie Wiesel, and infamy later in life

Table Of Contents

"Eichmann is my passion" -- "During that period, we never took Hitler seriously" -- "See you on the soap shelf" -- "Who knows her? Who has seen her?" -- "The duty of an Austrian patriot" -- "That's how I became a stamp collector" -- "I hope you're not coming to see me" -- "I always said he's in Buenos Aires" -- "Sleuth with 6 million clients" -- "You may have thought he was happy, but he also cried sometimes" -- "A huge mass of rotten flesh" -- "Auschwitz lines" -- "What would you have done?" -- "Kreisky is going mad" -- "Better than any monster" -- "Mr. Wiesenthal, I claim, had different relations with the Gestapo from mine" -- "It's not easy to be my wife" -- "The children-- were actually the same children" -- "Only so that Mengele's name would not be forgotten" -- "As if I were already dead" -- "Sleazenthal" -- "We all made mistakes in our youth."

Target audience

general

Classification