by Neal Bascomb
Hennepin County Library hardcover 215 pages
genre: non-fiction, history
The location, capture, and trial of Adolf Eichmann for his crimes during WWII makes a captivating story. The focus is on the people who worked together to bring him to justice. The photographs and maps add a lot to the story. It's clearly written for teens. I haven't decided whether or not to buy it for school, though. I'm curious to hear other people's reactions at our Litwits gathering in August. In some ways, it almost made Eichmann seem like a sympathetic figure. The author actually does a stellar job of telling the stories, detailing the atrocities and the intensity with which Eichmann hunted down and deported Jews to camps. But he is such a pathetic figure by the end (and insists he did not kill anyone; he was just following orders) that you almost start to feel sorry for him . . .
I liked Peter Malkin's perspective the best of all in this book (filled with many, many people).
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