Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World’s Most Notorious Nazi

Bascomb, Neal. Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World’s Most Notorious Nazi. 2009. 390p. Available as an eBook on Overdrive.

At the end of the Second World War, many Nazis melted into the darkness and disappeared. Adolf Eichmann, architect of the Final Solution, shed his SS uniform and made his way through Europe, staying one step ahead of those who were hunting him. Eventually, he ended up in Argentina were he thought he was relatively safe.

In Israel and in West Germany, Nazi chasers were looking for Eichmann, but for years there was no actionable intelligence on his whereabouts. This all changed when a series of careless mistakes on the part of Eichmann and his family finally alerted the Mossad, Israel’s security services, to his location.

An ingenious plan was hatched to capture Eichmann, smuggle him out of Argentina and take him to Israel to stand trial. In a book worthy of a spy novel, Bascomb bring to life one of the seminal moments that brought the Holocaust back into public consciousness. Those who enjoy spy thrillers or information on the Holocaust or the Second World War will devour this book.