The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi

by Neal Bascomb Narrated by Jason Culp

Overview

A spy mission, a Holocaust tale, and a first-class work of nonfiction.

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an elite team of spies captured him at a bus stop in Argentina and smuggled him to Israel, resulting in one of the century's most important trials—one that cemented the Holocaust in the public imagination.

The Nazi Hunters is the thrilling and fascinating story of what happened between these two events. Survivor Simon Wiesenthal opened Eichmann's case; a blind Argentinean and his teenage daughter provided crucial information. Finally, the Israeli spies—many of whom lost family in the Holocaust—embarked on their daring mission, recounted here in full. Based on the adult bestseller Hunting Eichmann, The Nazi Hunters is a can't-miss work of narrative nonfiction for middle-grade and YA readers.

Editorial Reviews

AUGUST 2016 - AudioFile

Adolf Eichmann was responsible for creating the logistics for Nazi Germany's "Final Solution," the annihilation of the Jewish people. With ruthless efficiency, he organized the roundup, degradation, and transportation of millions of Jews from their homes to the death camps. Jason Culp reads this well-researched account of the sixteen-year ordeal to find Eichmann and bring him to justice. The efforts of Holocaust survivors, volunteers, spies, and the fledgling Mossad of Israel combine in this true-life global thriller. Culp reads with precision, directness, and focus—echoing the efforts of the Nazi hunters in pursuit of their mission. He makes the complicated story easy to follow with accented character voices and conveys a palpable sense of the fear and tension endured in dangerous and fraught circumstances. L.T. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

From the Publisher

Praise for The Nazi Hunters:Winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction AwardWinner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teen Readers"The Nazi Hunters is a fabulously exciting piece of history that teens should know about — and now they will! Bascomb's detailed scenes allow readers to live through this true tale of courage and daring as if they were there." — Deborah Heiligman, Printz Honor-winning author of Charles and Emma and Intentions"I found The Nazi Hunters riveting, from its suspenseful search for Eichmann to the capture of the war criminal responsible for orchestrating the murder of eleven million people, including six million Jews. Neal Bascomb's book is incredibly well-researched and paced like an espionage thriller. The hunters' commitment to bringing Eichmann to justice is sure to captivate readers." — Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Newbery Honor-winning author of Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow and The Boy Who Dared"From cafés in Buenos Aires to the halls of the fledgling Israeli government, from false identities to secret drops, this story has all the hallmarks of a spy novel. Bascomb has a knack for turning complex detail into a suspenseful, heart-pounding narrative." — School Library Journal"Photographs are included throughout the text, adding not just to the evidence of Eichmann's guilt but to the reader's sense of being along on the mission." — The Horn Book Magazine"Tension rises from the pages, thanks to Bascomb's command of pacing, judicious use of quoted material, inclusion of archival photographs and strong descriptions." — Kirkus Reviews

AUGUST 2016 - AudioFile

Adolf Eichmann was responsible for creating the logistics for Nazi Germany's "Final Solution," the annihilation of the Jewish people. With ruthless efficiency, he organized the roundup, degradation, and transportation of millions of Jews from their homes to the death camps. Jason Culp reads this well-researched account of the sixteen-year ordeal to find Eichmann and bring him to justice. The efforts of Holocaust survivors, volunteers, spies, and the fledgling Mossad of Israel combine in this true-life global thriller. Culp reads with precision, directness, and focus—echoing the efforts of the Nazi hunters in pursuit of their mission. He makes the complicated story easy to follow with accented character voices and conveys a palpable sense of the fear and tension endured in dangerous and fraught circumstances. L.T. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

Kirkus Reviews

Adolf Eichmann was among the Gestapo war criminals who managed to escape from Europe and establish new lives in Argentina. The search for him involved an international group of Nazi hunters who left no stone unturned to determine where and how he had fled, find him and bring him to justice. The trail of the man, an exacting scheduler who oversaw the transportation of Jews to the concentration camps, went cold until one small clue led to another. He was finally traced to Argentina, captured and secretly removed to Israel for a public trial. Meticulously detailed plans with timing down to the minute involving several Israeli secret services, intelligence networks, other civilian and governmental agencies, and dedicated individuals brought him to justice. Drawing on a wealth of sources that include original interviews, Bascomb swiftly establishes background, introduces readers to the key players and takes them through the search. At any moment in the hunt something might have gone wrong, with those involved being captured as spies and allowing Eichmann to escape. Tension rises from the pages, thanks to Bascomb's command of pacing, judicious use of quoted material, inclusion of archival photographs and strong descriptions. It's nonfiction as thriller in its recounting of the actions of a midlevel, monstrous clerk and the work of a few dedicated people in delivering him to justice. (author's note, bibliography, notes, index [not seen]) (Nonfiction. 12 & up)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170537068
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	05/31/2016
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

Read an Excerpt

From THE NAZI HUNTERS:His hands numb from the cold and rain, Malkin held the binoculars up to his face. He saw a bus approach down Route 202. It stopped at the kiosk, and a man in a trench coat and hat got off.“That's him,” Shalom whispered.The sight of the lone figure walking through the driving rain burned in Malkin's mind: This was the man he had come to Argentina to capture.

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