Simon Wiesenthal: A Life in Search of Justice

by Hella Pick

Book Overview

Simon Wiesenthal survived thirteen concentration camps and has since spent more than fifty years searching for Nazi war criminals and bringing them to trial. This comprehensive and objective biography chronicles Wiesenthal's early life and survival in the camps, recounts in gripping detail each of his major Nazi hunts, and evenhandedly examines the conflicting reputations -- as both hero and egomaniacal liar -- of this controversial and enigmatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155553273X
• ISBN13: 9781555532734
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Compelling Story!

This is an excellent story about the life of Simon Wiesenthal. This fine book takes you through Wiesenthal's mission in life to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. You are shown the time that he spent in a concentration camp up until the present.You are also given the inside look at some of the cases he dealt with in bringing Nazi war criminals to justice.This is avery good book about the life of Simon Wiesenthal.