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blevins's review
4.0
Interesting and entertaining non-fiction about the 5,000 or so Jews who fought at the end of WW2 against the Nazis. While they only got into a few combat missions at the end of the war--it's what some of them did AFTER the war that really makes this a worthy read for WW2 buffs.
A small group of men post-war did two things: smuggled thousands and thousands of Jews out of Europe and into Palestine (soon to become Israel) and formed a death squad that would locate Nazis in hiding and then execute them.
The death squad stuff had me riveted. These guys were going eye for an eye Old Testament on these Nazis--which usually meant no trial, just a short speech and then a bullet (one guy like to strangle the Nazi bastards as guns were too "messy" for him). They kill so many of them that they sort of lose track--over 400 ex-officers and concentration camp guards are found and killed.
Great book.
A small group of men post-war did two things: smuggled thousands and thousands of Jews out of Europe and into Palestine (soon to become Israel) and formed a death squad that would locate Nazis in hiding and then execute them.
The death squad stuff had me riveted. These guys were going eye for an eye Old Testament on these Nazis--which usually meant no trial, just a short speech and then a bullet (one guy like to strangle the Nazi bastards as guns were too "messy" for him). They kill so many of them that they sort of lose track--over 400 ex-officers and concentration camp guards are found and killed.
Great book.
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