Prologue: The dance --Occupied Poland 1941-1943. The shtetl of Zolochiv ; The color of blood ; The wedding -- United States 1978-1992. Proper work ; Darkness comes my way ; Light at long last ; Breach of power ; God's grace ; Secrets and lies ; Sunrise in Prague ; Code for murder ; Seven floors above Manhattan -- Poland and the United States 1941-1951, Health and welfare ; Courage and devotion ; Amchu? ; Good fortune -- United States 1996-2013. Long after dark ; Winter in Penza ; The work of murder ; Taken up ; Compassion ; Second chances ; Credible evidence ; Trawniki -- Epilogue. Feels like vindication.
Summary:
"In a story spanning seven decades, Citizen 865 chronicles the harrowing wartime journeys of two Jewish orphans from occupied Poland who outran the men of Trawniki and settled in the United States, only to learn that some of their one-time captors had followed. A tenacious team of prosecutors and historians pursued these men and, up against the forces of time and political opposition, battled to the present day to remove them from U.S. soil. Through insider accounts and research in four countries, this urgent and powerful narrative provides a front row seat to the dramatic turn of events that allowed a small group of American Nazi hunters to hold murderous men accountable for their crimes decades after the war's end."-- Condensed from Amazon.com
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