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Title The good assassin : how a Mossad agent and a band of survivors hunted down the Butcher of Latvia / Stephan Talty.
Author Talty, Stephan, author.
Publication Info. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
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Description xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I: The Aktions -- The Club on Skolas Street -- Zelma -- First Night -- Gogol Street -- 19 Waldemars -- The Moskow Suburb -- November 30th -- The Valley of the Dead -- Part II: Those Who Can Never Forget -- A Latvian in Rio -- "The Epitome of Humanity" -- Anton Kuenzle -- The Merciless One -- The Late One -- First Contact -- The Campaign -- "Our Own Thomas Edison" -- The Plantation -- Paranoia -- The Sabras -- "Certain Categories of Murder" -- The Camera -- "To Live With a Few Murderers" -- The House on Colombia Street -- The Wait -- An Offer -- The Legislator -- The Asylum -- The Trial.
Summary "The untold story of a Latvian Nazi's gruesome crimes and an Israeli spy's epic journey to bring him to justice, a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazis."-- Provided by the publisher.
Subject Medad, Jacob, 1919-2012.
Cukurs, Herbert, 1900-1965 -- Assassination.
Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim.
Nazis -- Brazil.
Nazis -- Uruguay.
War criminals -- Latvia -- Rīga.
Fugitives from justice -- Uruguay.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Latvia -- Rīga.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Latvia -- Rīga.
Secret service -- Israel.
Cukurs, Herbert, 1900-1965. (OCoLC)fst00410240
Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim. (OCoLC)fst00662570
Assassination. (OCoLC)fst00818962
Fugitives from justice. (OCoLC)fst00935947
Jews -- Persecutions. (OCoLC)fst00983322
Nazis. (OCoLC)fst01035219
Secret service. (OCoLC)fst01110661
War criminals. (OCoLC)fst01170469
Brazil. (OCoLC)fst01206830
Israel. (OCoLC)fst01204236
Latvia -- Rīga. (OCoLC)fst01204410
Uruguay. (OCoLC)fst01202667
Medad, Jacob, 1919-2012.
Cukurs, Herbert, 1900-1965 -- Assassination.
Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ґe-taf3idim meyu%adim.
Nazis -- Brazil.
Nazis -- Uruguay.
War criminals -- Latvia -- Riga.
Fugitives from justice -- Uruguay.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Latvia -- Riga.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Latvia -- Riga.
Secret service -- Israel.
Jews -- Persecutions.
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
1939-1945
Genre History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History.
Biographies.
Added Title How a Mossad agent and a band of survivors hunted down the Butcher of Latvia
Related To Online version: Talty, Stephan, The good assassin Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. 9781328618856 (DLC) 2019027263
ISBN 9781328613080 (hardcover) : $28.00
1328613089 (hardcover)
Standard No. 40030055293