the life and legends Segev, Tom 1945- creator text enk London Jonathan Cape 2010 monographic eng

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482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Segev is able to reveal the intriguing secrets of Wiesenthal's life, including his stunning role in the capture of Adolf Eichmann, his controversial investigative techniques, his unlikely friendships with Kurt Waldheim and Albert Speer, and the nature of his rivalry with Elie Wiesel. Eichmann is my passion -- We never took Hitler seriously then -- See you on the soap shelf -- Who knows her, who has seen her? -- The duty of an Austrian patriot -- That's how I became a stamp collector -- I hope you're not coming to see me -- I always said he's in Buenos Aires -- Sleuth with 6 million clients -- You may have thought he was happy, but he also cried sometimes -- A mass of rotten flesh -- Auschwitz lines -- What would you have done in my place? -- Kreisky's going mad -- Better than any monster -- Mr. Wiesenthal, I claim, had different relations with the Gestapo from mine -- It's not easy to be my wife -- The children are the same children -- Only so that Mengele's name would not be forgotten -- As if I were already dead -- Sleazenthal -- We all made mistakes in our youth. Tom Segev Includes bibliographical references and index. Wiesenthal, Simon Wiesenthal, Simon 1908-2005 Holocaust survivors Austria Vienna Biography Sobrevivientes del Holocausto Viena Austria Biografías Nazi hunters Biography Jews Austria Vienna Biography Judíos Historia Austria Biografías War criminals Estadistas austriacos Judíos Austria Biografías Criminales de guerra Austria Politics and government 1945- Austria Política y gobierno 1945- B DS 135 W651S 2010 940.53/18092 9780224091046 0224091042 130801 20231011122853.0 111717 eng