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The good assassin : how a Mossad agent and a band of survivors hunted down the Butcher of Latvia /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Talty, Stephan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
Subjects:
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.
Description
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.
Physical Description:xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781328613080
1328613089