Ashman, Charles and Wagman, Robert J. The Nazi Hunters. New York: Pharos Books, 1988. 319 pages.

This is one of the more comprehensive books on Nazi hunting. Many of the others were written too early to do justice to the topic, or are more concerned with the use of Nazis by U.S. intelligence after the war. The authors interviewed Alois Brunner, a notorious Nazi still at large who is protected by Syria, and give new information on Kurt Waldheim's involvement in war crimes. The Eichmann, Mengele, and Barbie cases are also reviewed.

For the most part, the book sticks to the subject of its title and describes people like Simon Wiesenthal, Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, Edgar Bronfman, Elan Steinberg, Israel Singer, Rabbi Marvin Hier, and Neal Sher of the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations. An appendix (pages 305-310) lists all of the open and closed cases brought against Nazis by the U.S. through mid-1988. Chapters on the current status of Nazi hunting in Canada, Australia, Britain, and Germany are included, as well as descriptions of private groups such as the World Jewish Congress, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

Charles Ashman is a foreign correspondent for the Sunday Express of London and the London Broadcasting Group, while Robert Wagman is a Washington journalist with six investigative books to his credit.
ISBN 0-88687-357-6

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