Nakam : the Holocaust survivors who sought full-scale revenge

Nakam : the Holocaust survivors who sought full-scale revenge / Dina Porat ; translated by Mark L. Levinson.

"The true story of a vigilante group of Holocaust survivors who conspired to kill six million Germans, Nakam (Hebrew for "vengeance") tells the story of "the Avengers" (Nokmim), a group of young Holocaust survivors led by poet and resistance fighter Abba Kovner, who undertoo...

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Main Author: Porat, Dina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2023]
Series:Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Subjects:
Nakam (Organization) > History.
Nazi hunters > Germany > History.
Holocaust survivors > Israel > Interviews.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Influence.
Revenge > Moral and ethical aspects.
Interviews.
Uniform Title:Li naḳam ṿe-shilem.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Conception and Preparation
  • Lublin, January-March 1945 : the Idea of Vengeance
  • Bucharest, March-June 1945 : From Conception to Preparation
  • Italy, July-August 1945 : the Jewish Brigade
  • Part II: Attempted Vengeance
  • Palestine and Europe, August 1945-March 1946 : Kovner and the Yishuv
  • Paris, February-June 1946 : the Haganah and the Avengers
  • Germany, August 1945-June 1946 : Life Apart from Life
  • Conclusion.

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