The Nazi Hunters

The Nazi Hunters, by Neal Bascomb, published in 2013, is the story of the manhunt and capture of Adolf Eichmann, the "World's Most Notorious Nazi" in Argentina, 1961. The story centers on the agents of the Mossad and Shin Bet—Israeli intelligence and investigatory agencies—painstakingly detailing their plans, and execution, along with the capture’s aftermath. In addition to these, the recollections of Auschwitz survivor and witness Zeev Sapir feature prominently. Looming over the entire narrative is the figure of Adolf Eichmann, the shock of whose ultimate appearance is dwarfed only by the horror of his crimes. A true story, the course ofTheNazi Hunters—from the horrors of the Second World War and Holocaust, to the capture and trial of Adolf Eichmann—is not the presentation of history, but its excavation, a process that spans decades and continents.

The narrative begins on March 19, 1944, with Adolf Eichmann en route from Austria to Hungary. 38 years old, Eichmann is the director of "Department IVB," the project name for the Nazi's mass murder of Jewish people in Europe. Following the political isolation, economic plunder, and physical segregation of the Jewish people, Eichmann's plan to execute the Nazi’s orders, which consists of transporting and collecting Jews under false pretenses to concentration camps.