The Real Odessa :How Nazi War Criminals Escaped Europe

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The Real Odessa

The Real Odessa :How Nazi War Criminals Escaped Europe

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'Powerful and gripping... Goñi [is] impressively relentless: leaving no discoverable stone unturned' Philippe Sands, author of The Ratline As Russian forces closed in on Berlin, and Hitler's regime drew to a close, many Nazi officials began to organize their escape from Germany. Thanks to an international effort - which included the enthusiastic support of the Vatican and President Juan Perón - they were able to evade justice, and found refuge in Argentina. In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed author Uki Goñi unravels the complex network that protected these fugitives, revealing the 'ratline' that allowed Adolf Eichmann - the architect of the 'Final Solution' - Josef Mengele, Erich Priebke, and many more to escape Europe. Both compelling and revelatory, this remarkable investigation sheds vital light on a disquieting period in Europe's history. This revised edition includes a new foreword by the author, new interviews, and a comprehensive list of the Nazi and European World War Two criminals who fled to Argentina.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781783789252
ISBN10 1783789255
Number Of Pages 448
Item Weight 368 g
Product Dimensions 129 x 198 x 31 mm
Publisher / Reseller Granta Books
Format paperback
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Uki Goñi's five year search for collateral evidence led him to files in Europe that confirmed a true story more gripping than... fiction * The Times *
A fascinating expose... essential * New Statesman *
Breathtakingly sinister - the stuff of every postwar spy novel * Sunday Telegraph *
Historical honesty shines through the pages of one of the most dishonest episodes in history -- Richard Overy * Sunday Telegraph *
Despite being thwarted by Argentine bureaucracy, we now have the full scandalous picture... [Goñi] has performed an essential task with bravery and discipline * Guardian *
A brilliant work of detection and painstaking perseverance * Morning Star *
Goni has powerfully exposed the deceits and conniving, and pierced what he calls the "wall of silence" * Sunday Times, Culture *

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Author's Bio

UKI GOÑI is a journalist and writer based in Argentina. He regularly contributes to the Guardian and the New York Review of Books. He has also been an op-ed columnist for the New York Times. PHILIPPE SANDS is Professor of Law at UCL, a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers, and the author many books, including the Sunday Times bestselling The Ratline and East West Street, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He is President of English PEN and on the board of the Hay Festival of Arts and Literature.

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