As a Social Studies teacher turned librarian, WWII is a very familiar topic.
And yet, there is always more to discover about this horrific time. Similar to
my experience with
Unbroken, Neal Bascomb's
The Nazi Hunters: How
a team of spies and survivors captured the world's most notorious Nazi reveals
an often overlooked aspect of WWII. This story provides the account of the
fledgling Mossad in the years after the war had concluded. Since no nation was
willing to accept responsibility for hunting down Adolf Eichmann, it fell to a
group of Mossad operative volunteers. This group, including a number of
Holocaust survivors, were quietly sanctioned by the Israeli government, without
any protection if caught in their mission.
Despite knowing the historical outcome of the events, Bascomb's account was
an intriguing page-turner. It is filled with personal details and nail-biting
tension reminiscent of the movie "Argo". It is strangely bitter sweet
to read as roles reversed and the once powerful Eichmann was brought to trial
by those who once suffered under his orders. With little substantial character
development, I found myself somewhat disconnected from the individual people in
the book. Still, the infamy of Eichmann and the riveting account of this
momentous mission makes Bascomb's book a must read.
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