Parts of it dragged but really interesting read! ( )

Some fifteen years after the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official responsible for transporting millions of Jews to their deaths, was spotted in Argentina. After receiving a tip on Eichmann’s whereabouts, Israeli spies tried to confirm Eichmann’s identity. Their first attempt was inconclusive. Three years later, they tried again, and this time they positively identified the man as Eichmann. The Israelis then conceived of and launched a plan to kidnap Eichmann and take him to Israel to stand trial for his war crimes.

This is a revision of Bascomb’s Hunting Eichmann for a young adult audience. It’s a powerful, utterly absorbing account of the Israeli mission. The bibliography and notes provide evidence of Bascomb’s extensive archival research and interviews with participants. Photographs of documents and physical artifacts allow readers to view some of the physical evidence that eventually led to Eichmann’s conviction and execution. Bascomb successfully conveys the emotional impact of the Israeli mission. Unlike the operatives involved, many of whom suffered and lost close family members as result of Eichmann’s wartime actions, I can only claim a general feeling of loss to the extent that the Holocaust was a loss for all of humanity, and this account deeply stirred me. ( )

In nonfiction narrative that reads like a thriller, the author traces the manhunt that led to the capture of Adolf Eichmann, Hitler’s enforcer of the “Final Solution” in Hungary. Primary Sources,

In detailing the capture of Adolf Eichmann, one of the most notorious and infamous Nazi leaders, this book really adds something unique to WWII nonfiction. Truly, it reads like a spy caper. After painstakingly locating an elusive Eichmann, whose own escape from Europe could be a book itself, a group of Mossad operatives is assembled. This elite Israeli espionage force is to not only illegally abduct a citizen of a sovereign nation, but to bring him back alive and unharmed so that he may stand trial for the greatest crime of the century. I can imagine a classroom of high school students absolutely devouring this book. It suspenseful, full of gadgets--- suitcases with hidden cameras, "burn" cars, special code names--- but also details the trial's place in history. ( )