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From esteemed Israeli journalist and historian Tom Segev, the first completely documented biography of Simon Wiesenthal, exposing the fascinating truth behind this simultaneously adored, despised, and feared hunter of Nazis. Simon Wiesenthal was the famous "Nazi hunter" played out by Ben Kingsley and Laurence Olivier on film, a Holocaust survivor who dedicated his life to the consequence of Nazi criminals. A hero in the eye of many, he was also attacked for his unrelenting quest for days gone by, when others preferred to neglect. For this definitive biography, Tom Segev has obtained usage of Wiesenthal's hundreds of thousands of private paperwork also to 16 archives, including details of the U.S., Israeli, Polish, and East German secret services. Segev is able to reveal the intriguing secrets of Wiesenthal's life, including his stunning role in the shoot of Adolf Eichmann, his controversial investigative techniques, his unlikely friendships with Kurt Waldheim and Albert Speer, and the type of his rivalry with Elie Wiesel. Tom Segev has written an excellent character review of the "hunter" who was driven by his own memories to ensure that the destruction of Western european Jewry never be forgotten.
