Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends

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出版社: Random House US
2010-09
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780385519465
定价: 287.00
装帧: 精装
开本: 16开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 496页
正文语种: 英语
  • ThisfirstfullydocumentedbiographyofSimonWiesenthal,thelegendaryNazihunter,isalsoabrilliantcharacterstudyofamanwhoselifewaspartinventionbutwhollydedicatedtoensuringboththattheNazisbeheldresponsiblefortheircrimesandthatthedestructionofEuropeanJewryneverbeforgotten.LikemostJewsinEasternEuropeontheeveofHitler’sinvasionofPoland,twenty-four-year-oldSimonWiesenthaldidnotgraspthenatureoftheNazithreat.Butsixyearslater,whenaskeletalWiesenthalwasliberatedfromtheconcentrationcampatMauthausen,hefullyfathomedthecrimesoftheNazis.Withindayshehadassembledalistofnearly150Naziwarcriminals,thefirstofdozensofsuchlistshewouldmakeoveralifetimeasaNazihunter.Aherointheeyesofmany,Wiesenthalwasalsoattackedforhisunrelentingpursuitofthepast,whenotherspreferredtoforget.Forthisnewbiography,richinnewsworthyrevelations,historianandjournalistTomSegevhasobtainedaccesstoWiesenthal’sprivatepapersandtosixteenarchives,includingrecordsoftheU.S.,Israeli,Polish,andEastGermansecretservices.SegevisabletorevealtheintriguingsecretsofWiesenthal’slife,includinghisstunningroleinthecaptureofAdolfEichmann,hisrelationshipwithIsrael’sMossad,hiscontroversialinvestigativetechniques,hisunlikelyfriendshipswithKurtWaldheimandAlbertSpeer,andthenatureofhisrivalrywithElieWiesel.Segev’schallengeinwritingthisbiographywasWiesenthal’sowncomplicatedrelationshiptotruth.Wiesenthaltoldmanyversionsofhislife,hissufferinginthecamps,andhisinvolvementwiththearrestofindividualNazis.Segevshowsthatinordertogaintheinformationhesoughtandtwistthearmsofreluctantgovernmentfigures,Wiesenthalneededtoseemmoreinfluentialthanhereallywas.FortwogenerationsofAmericans,SimonWiesenthalwasaJewishsuperhero—depictedonfilmbyBenKingsleyandLaurenceOlivier—andthemuseforaFrederickForsyththriller.NowSegevdemonstratesthatthetruthofWiesenthal’sexistenceisascompellingasthefiction.SimonWiesenthalisanunforgettablelifeofoneofthegreatmenofthetwentiethcentury. TomSegevistheaward-winningauthorofsevenworksofnonfiction.AcolumnistforHaaretz,Israel’sleadingdailynewspaper,helivesinJerusalem. Introduction: The Glass Box

    1. "Eichmann Is My Passion"

    2. "During That Period, We Never Took Hitler Seriously"

    3. "See You on the Soap Shelf"

    4. "Who Knows Her? Who Has Seen Her?"

    5. "The Duty of an Austrian Patriot"

    6. "That's How I Became a Stamp Collector"

    7. "I Hope You're Not Coming to See Me"

    8. "I Always Said He's in Buenos Aires"

    9. "Sleuth with 6 Million Clients"

    10. "You May Have Thought He Was Happy, but He Also CriedSometimes"

    11. "A Huge Mass of Rotten Flesh"

    12. "Auschwitz Lines"

    13. "What Would You Have Done?"

    14. "Kreisky Is Going Mad"

    15. "Better Than Any Monster"

    16. "Mr. Wiesenthal, I Claim, Had Different Relations with theGestapo from Mine"

    17. "It's Not Easy to Be My Wife"

    18. "The Children... Were Actually the Same Children"

    19. "Only So That Mengele's Name Would Not Be Forgotten"

    20. "As If I Were Already Dead"

    21. "Sleazenthal"

    22. "WO All Made Mistakes in Our Youth"

    A&nowledgments

    Notes

    Index
  • 内容简介:
    ThisfirstfullydocumentedbiographyofSimonWiesenthal,thelegendaryNazihunter,isalsoabrilliantcharacterstudyofamanwhoselifewaspartinventionbutwhollydedicatedtoensuringboththattheNazisbeheldresponsiblefortheircrimesandthatthedestructionofEuropeanJewryneverbeforgotten.LikemostJewsinEasternEuropeontheeveofHitler’sinvasionofPoland,twenty-four-year-oldSimonWiesenthaldidnotgraspthenatureoftheNazithreat.Butsixyearslater,whenaskeletalWiesenthalwasliberatedfromtheconcentrationcampatMauthausen,hefullyfathomedthecrimesoftheNazis.Withindayshehadassembledalistofnearly150Naziwarcriminals,thefirstofdozensofsuchlistshewouldmakeoveralifetimeasaNazihunter.Aherointheeyesofmany,Wiesenthalwasalsoattackedforhisunrelentingpursuitofthepast,whenotherspreferredtoforget.Forthisnewbiography,richinnewsworthyrevelations,historianandjournalistTomSegevhasobtainedaccesstoWiesenthal’sprivatepapersandtosixteenarchives,includingrecordsoftheU.S.,Israeli,Polish,andEastGermansecretservices.SegevisabletorevealtheintriguingsecretsofWiesenthal’slife,includinghisstunningroleinthecaptureofAdolfEichmann,hisrelationshipwithIsrael’sMossad,hiscontroversialinvestigativetechniques,hisunlikelyfriendshipswithKurtWaldheimandAlbertSpeer,andthenatureofhisrivalrywithElieWiesel.Segev’schallengeinwritingthisbiographywasWiesenthal’sowncomplicatedrelationshiptotruth.Wiesenthaltoldmanyversionsofhislife,hissufferinginthecamps,andhisinvolvementwiththearrestofindividualNazis.Segevshowsthatinordertogaintheinformationhesoughtandtwistthearmsofreluctantgovernmentfigures,Wiesenthalneededtoseemmoreinfluentialthanhereallywas.FortwogenerationsofAmericans,SimonWiesenthalwasaJewishsuperhero—depictedonfilmbyBenKingsleyandLaurenceOlivier—andthemuseforaFrederickForsyththriller.NowSegevdemonstratesthatthetruthofWiesenthal’sexistenceisascompellingasthefiction.SimonWiesenthalisanunforgettablelifeofoneofthegreatmenofthetwentiethcentury.
  • 作者简介:
    TomSegevistheaward-winningauthorofsevenworksofnonfiction.AcolumnistforHaaretz,Israel’sleadingdailynewspaper,helivesinJerusalem.
  • 目录:
    Introduction: The Glass Box

    1. "Eichmann Is My Passion"

    2. "During That Period, We Never Took Hitler Seriously"

    3. "See You on the Soap Shelf"

    4. "Who Knows Her? Who Has Seen Her?"

    5. "The Duty of an Austrian Patriot"

    6. "That's How I Became a Stamp Collector"

    7. "I Hope You're Not Coming to See Me"

    8. "I Always Said He's in Buenos Aires"

    9. "Sleuth with 6 Million Clients"

    10. "You May Have Thought He Was Happy, but He Also CriedSometimes"

    11. "A Huge Mass of Rotten Flesh"

    12. "Auschwitz Lines"

    13. "What Would You Have Done?"

    14. "Kreisky Is Going Mad"

    15. "Better Than Any Monster"

    16. "Mr. Wiesenthal, I Claim, Had Different Relations with theGestapo from Mine"

    17. "It's Not Easy to Be My Wife"

    18. "The Children... Were Actually the Same Children"

    19. "Only So That Mengele's Name Would Not Be Forgotten"

    20. "As If I Were Already Dead"

    21. "Sleazenthal"

    22. "WO All Made Mistakes in Our Youth"

    A&nowledgments

    Notes

    Index
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