Thursday, January 12, 2017

Book Talk

The Nazi Hunters
By Neal Bascomb
Genre: Historical Nonfiction 

The Nazi Hunters is like about experiencing (little) of a case file that leads back in the May 19, 1944 with one of the Nazi's SS (Protection Squadron) Senior Storm Command Leader Adolf Eichmann, a man responsible for the order of killing millions of Jews in the concentration camps. Adolf succeed in avoiding the authorities to name him a war criminal resulting in a severe punishment. Adolf fled to Buenos Aires, Argentina moving place after place with another name being Ricardo Klement. However, his past finally caught up to him.

One of the main characters in the book is of course Adolf Eichmann. Adolf Eichmann was a man in his early thirties before he fled to Argentina. Had 4 sons named Ricardo Francisco Eichmann, Klaus Eichmann, Dieter Helmut Eichmann, and Horst Adolf Eichmann. Another main character is Sylvia Hermann. A girl who was once a girlfriend to one of Adolf's sons. The picture of her is only black and white so you could only tell she had a black hair color.

Adolf Eichmann was facing the struggle of leaving his home to avoid being caught by the authorities and being punished. He had to leave his family behind however he found a way to get them to travel to him.  The mood of this novel is disturbing due to knowing the fact that Adolf Eichmann killed millions of Jews without hesitation. The theme of this novel would be Justice due to the amount of funds and years of effort used to capture this war criminal to make him pay for what he has done.

I would rate this novel a 4/5 since it's intriguing to keep on reading since most chapters finish off at a cliffhanger. Another reason why is that the book makes the story actually feel like a case file with its dates, pictures, and background images.


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