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"...and perhaps provide a warning against future excesses."
"How can the murder of a million children ever be balanced by earthly justice?"-Joseph Wechsberg
YOU MUST READ THIS!
I've only read half of this book so far, but mean every single word I write here.
I've already learned how Simon Wiesenthal, the most famous Nazi war criminals' most successful tracker, even managed to find the SS agent who arrested Anne Frank in Amsterdam. I've just read how he trailed Joseph Menegele, the malevolent experimental doctor of Auschwitz, to the outposts of Paraguay. He was never apprehended....
What's so amazing to me is Wiesenthal's outlook despite having lost everything, and especially family members, he wasn't motivated by hate or revenge in the work he did hunting for Nazis. You'll understand how he got to that point reading the first two chapters written by Joseph Wechsberg.
Was most moved reading Simon's own account of his liberation from the concentration camp, weighing only 97 pounds at the time and seeing the white star on a U.S. army tank and wanting above all things to touch it. He took a few steps and then collapsed. He finally got an American soldier to take him to the spot so he could touch it himself.
Well, I'm halfway through with the book, have another half's worth to read. Extremely hard to put down, and an extremely important book for humankind.
PLEASE READ.
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Simon Wiesenthal is a holocaust survivor who dedicated the rest of his life to attempting to bring Nazi fugitives to justice. The Murderers Among Us briefly describes his own persecution and the murder of his family members in the Holocaust, then delves deeply into why and how so many Nazi criminals eluded justice in the years after the war. This book is moving, thought-provoking and has a lively pace. Weisenthal relates talks and interviews he has had with different survivors and perpetrators, so many different perspectives on this dark episode of history are related to the reader. A great read!
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