Dina Porat is Professor Emerita of Modern Jewish History at Tel Aviv University and former Chief Historian of Yad Vashem.
Completely engrossing, Nakam reads like the best detective novel, while also being a first-class work of historical research. -- Saul Friedlander * author of <i>Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945</i> * A thoughtful and meticulously researched study of the postwar Jewish plan to murder six million Germans in retaliation for the Holocaust, a topic that had been written out of history for too long because of its moral ambiguity and political sensitivity. A must-read for anyone interested in post-traumatic recovery of victims after genocide.-Laura Jockusch, author of Collect and Record!: Jewish Holocaust Documentation in Early Postwar Europe This elegantly written book gives pause to ponder how great and awful can be the consequences when the law fails to protect those most in need of protection.-David Engel, author of The Assassination of Symon Petliura and the Trial of Sholem Schwarzbard 1926-1927 Written by one of Israel's most eminent historians, this fascinating book demonstrates the impossibility of just retribution for genocide, and the vast gap between the integrity of the Avengers and the horrific nature of their goal. Nakam is a deeply-researched, empathetic, and compelling account of the men and women who vowed to avenge the murderers of their families and communities. -- Omer Bartov * author of <i>Tales from the Borderlands: Making and Unmaking the Galician Past</i> * In the wake of the Holocaust, the overwhelming priority of Jewish activists in Europe and the Palestine Mandate was the rescue and emigration of survivors and the founding of a Jewish state. Nakam tells the story of the most notable exception to these efforts: the close-knit group of former resistance fighters who resolved on killing six million Germans in a stunning act of vengeance. A deeply-researched, insightful, but also empathetic study. -- Christopher R. Browning * author of <i>Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland</i> *