Nakam : the Holocaust survivors who sought full-scale revenge
TitleNakam : the Holocaust survivors who sought full-scale revenge
Author
Call number940.5318/0589
Object number11567
Place of publicationStanford, California, United States
PublisherStanford University Press
Year of publication
2023
Physical descriptionxiv, 365p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
Series titleStanford studies in Jewish history and culture
ISBN9781503630314
Description
Nakam (Hebrew for "vengeance") tells the story of "the Avengers" (Nokmim), a group of young Holocaust survivors led by poet and resistance fighter Abba Kovner, who undertook a mission of revenge against Germany following the crimes of the Holocaust. These fifty young men and women sought retaliation and would have poisoned city water supplies and loaves of bread distributed to German POWs, with the aim of killing six million Germans.