Title The good assassin : how a Mossad agent and a band of survivors hunted down the Butcher of Latvia / Stephan Talty.

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Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.

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Description	xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Part I: The Aktions -- The Club on Skolas Street -- Zelma -- First Night -- Gogol Street -- 19 Waldemars -- The Moskow Suburb -- November 30th -- The Valley of the Dead -- Part II: Those Who Can Never Forget -- A Latvian in Rio -- "The Epitome of Humanity" -- Anton Kuenzle -- The Merciless One -- The Late One -- First Contact -- The Campaign -- "Our Own Thomas Edison" -- The Plantation -- Paranoia -- The Sabras -- "Certain Categories of Murder" -- The Camera -- "To Live With a Few Murderers" -- The House on Colombia Street -- The Wait -- An Offer -- The Legislator -- The Asylum -- The Trial.
Summary	"The untold story of a Latvian Nazi's gruesome crimes and an Israeli spy's epic journey to bring him to justice, a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazis."-- Provided by the publisher.
Subject	Medad, Jacob, 1919-2012.
	Cukurs, Herbert, 1900-1965 -- Assassination.
	Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim.
	Nazis -- Brazil.
	Nazis -- Uruguay.
	War criminals -- Latvia -- Rīga.
	Fugitives from justice -- Uruguay.
	Jews -- Persecutions -- Latvia -- Rīga.
	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Latvia -- Rīga.
	Secret service -- Israel.
	Cukurs, Herbert, 1900-1965. (OCoLC)fst00410240
	Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim. (OCoLC)fst00662570
	Assassination. (OCoLC)fst00818962
	Fugitives from justice. (OCoLC)fst00935947
	Jews -- Persecutions. (OCoLC)fst00983322
	Nazis. (OCoLC)fst01035219
	Secret service. (OCoLC)fst01110661
	War criminals. (OCoLC)fst01170469
	Brazil. (OCoLC)fst01206830
	Israel. (OCoLC)fst01204236
	Latvia -- Rīga. (OCoLC)fst01204410
	Uruguay. (OCoLC)fst01202667
	Jews -- Persecutions.
	Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
Chronological Term	1939-1945
Genre/Form	History.
	Biographies.
Added Title	How a Mossad agent and a band of survivors hunted down the Butcher of Latvia
Other Form:	Online version: Talty, Stephan, The good assassin Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. 9781328618856 (DLC) 2019027263
ISBN	9781328613080 (hardcover)
	1328613089 (hardcover)
	9781328618856 (e-book)
Standard No.	40030055293

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