Plot Overview

About the Author

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conflict, and rising action to summarize the plot.
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works they have written, significant life events, what
time period he or she wrote in, and how the time
period influenced the writing.

Adolf Eichmann was a top Nazi commander

sending millions of Jews to their death. After the
Nazis downfall he fled his wife and kids into Nazi
refugee camps and houses around the world. A few
years after the war the Israelis decide they want to
go after top Nazi military commanders which
Eichmann is at the top of that list. A man named
Simon Wiesenthal organized a group of Nazi
hunters to go after Eichmann. Manus Diament went
undercover to get close with Vera Eichmann to get
answers. In the end it failed and Simon closed down
the operation. It was reopened quickly and
discovered he has fled to Argentina. The mission
fired back up and Zvi Aharoni was sent to
investigate and return with an analysis of the
situation. Zvi teamed up with a resident named Juan
and asked him to go deliver something to the
Klements house. Juan was met by his Eichmann's
son. Juan went back to Zvi and reported the news
and he couldnt be happier. Zvi sent a secret code
that meant Eichmann is here. A team was put
together and consisted of Avraham Shalom, Zvi
Aharoni, Shalom Dani, Yaakov Gat, Peter malkin,
Dr. Yonah Elian, and Yaakov Meidad. They all made
to trips to Buenos Aires. They staked out
Eichmanns activities, when he gets home from
work, what buses he takes, where he walks, and
many more little things. The capture of Eichmann
was successful on May 11th and now they must get
him out without raising suspicion. The plan was a
success and they had Eichmann. Now the trick was
getting him out of Buenos Aires without getting
caught or detected by the authorities or his family.
In two days time he was flown back to Israel. He
was put up on trial while many testified, one of
which contained Zeev. The trial lasted about four

Born April 1, 1970 Neal Bascomb is an author and

journalist. In London and Dublin is where he began
journalism and when he became an editor at St.
Martins Press in New York. 2000 was the year he
turned to writing books for a full time job. Four
books have been published under him since this
time. Bascombs first book was selected as a Barnes
& Noble Great New Writer. His fourth book
Hunting Eichmann was an international bestseller.
He also had the opportunity to write for the New
York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles
Times.

Novel Notes
The Nazi Hunters
Neal Bascomb
Zach Pesl
October 7, 2015

Essential Quotes
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novel. Be sure to cite the quotations properly.

Holocaust survivors, roughly a quarter of the

population, rarely spoke of their experiences, both
because it was too painful and because they didnt
want to focus on the past, (Bascomb 38).
Polish by birth, Hofstetter had lost his parents and
sister to the holocaust, (41).

Historical Context
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economical, cultural, and other significant
influences that characterize this novel.

This story takes place just after World War two and
the Jews are trying to heal from the holocaust along
with the most of the world. Many Nazi commanders
have fled at this time and some countries welcomed
Nazi refugees and there were many bureaus going
after top Nazi commanders to answer for their
crimes against humanity.

Add Work Cited Here: The Nazi Hunters pages 38

and 41.

months. Eichmann was sentenced to death and was

hung.

Character Analysis

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Action, Looks)

Themes

Motifs and Symbols

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in the novel.

Identify and interpret some of the major motifs and

symbols in the novel.

A themes in this book shows when a big enough

crime is committed by a person they can not run far
of enough from it catching and having to deal with
the consequences.
Adolf Eichmann was a top Nazi commander that led Also it shows how a small group of people can
many Jews to their deaths. He was 59, caucasian
accomplish great things without giving up and hard
with a long nose and dark black hair. He talked
work.
quickly and to the point.
To add it shows although there will be many failures
to come the end result comes in time as long as the
Simon Wiesenthal had a role in the capture of
person stays motivated.
Eichmann. Like many of the members his thoughts
Lastly, the book simply educates the reader of how a
were on the sole purpose of making Eichmann pay
Notorious war criminal that thought his past was
for his crimes and to not let them get away. He stood behind him but came up and hit him like a bus.
at 6 feet with white hair and bald on top of his head.
He took action after the war to hunt down many
other nazi criminals.

A symbol in the book is the Jewish symbol because

the Jewish was the main group that suffered in the
holocaust and the aftermath is the sole reason the
group of nazi hunters could not fail in their quest to
capture Eichmann.

Zvi Aharoni was a member of the group that took

down Eichmann. His actions were to lead the group
in capturing the Nazi criminal. Zvi had black hair
with a black moustache and was very serious.
During this time his primary thought was to not let
Eichmann escape at any cost.

Fritz Bauer was an attorney who helped Simon in

the capture of the Nazi criminal Eichmann. Bauer
sent him pictures and any other essential
information that was key in finding Eichmann. .
Bauer wore glasses and had grey hair.

Shalom Dani held a key role in actually grabbing

Eichmann in his Eichmann. Dani had broad
shoulders and a big body type which was why he
grabbed Eichmann. Like every other member he
knew he couldnt fail and had to execute his role
perfectly so there was no chance of Eichmann
getting away.
Manus Diamant was apart of the operation since the
beginning. He found one of Eichmanns mistresses

and gathered information from her that could be

useful. He was younger with slick back hair and had
an upright posture. His thoughts were focused on
helping on the case of capturing Eichmann even if
he played a small part.