98 pages • 3 hours read
Neal BascombThe Nazi Hunters
Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2013A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Answer Key
Chapters 1-3
Reading Check
1. Because he wants to advance his career (Chapter 1)
2. Manus Diamant (Chapter 2)
3. 1953 (Chapter 2)
4. Mossad (Chapter 3)
5. The trail goes cold (Chapter 3)
Short Answer
1. Eichmann’s plan to execute Hitler’s policy follows four stages: first, isolation; second, acquisition of Jewish wealth; third, moving them into the ghettos; and fourth, sending them to the camps. (Chapter 1)
2. Determined to complete his mission despite the encroaching Allied victory, Eichmann remains in Budapest and carries out his plans to exterminate the Jewish population. With the war almost over, he then returns to Austria and bids farewell to his family, where he promises to write to them again after finding somewhere safe. Zeev meanwhile struggles for survival on various marches to camps. He is rescued by Russian forces in January 1945. (Chapter 1)
3. Simon Wiesenthal is a Jewish person who lost his family during WWII. Having been to 12 different concentration camps, he is hired by the US to track down escaped Nazis, one of which is Eichmann. (