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Following the Nuremberg trials, a small but determined group of men and women devoted themselves to finding former Nazis across the world. They pursued these war criminals with the conviction that justice must keep the memory of the Holocaust alive and prevent these individuals from slipping back into ordinary, inconspicuous lives. Their relentless investigations reveal how the hunt for accountability unfolded in a post‑war era that still struggled to reckon with the atrocities committed during World War II.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: Andrew Nagorski
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