Tom Segev, who writes a weekly column in "Ha'aretz," Israel's
leading daily newspaper, is the author of "The Seventh Million: The
Israelis and the Holocaust" and other pathbreaking books, including
"One Palestine, Complete," which was named one of the ten best
books of 2000 by the "New York Times Book Review." He lives in
Jerusalem.
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Praise for Tom Segev's "Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends
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"Mr. Segev, justly celebrated for his histories of formative
moments of the state of Israel, is as careful a biographer as he is
an historian....Gripping yet sober, this meticulous portrait of a
complicated man is unlikely to be bettered."
--"The Economist"
"[A] meticulous yet forceful new biography...[Segev's] book
delivers not merely an intimate account of Wiesenthal's life and
times, but also judicious examinations of the many controversial
and little-known aspects of that life....It is a serious pleasure
to imagine a new generation of readers discovering his life in this
careful telling."
--"The New York Times
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"Segev reveals...a man of profound conflict and contradiction, a
lightning rod for controversy and recrimination, but unquestionably
a crucial figure in the struggle to retrieve and preserve the
evidence of the Holocaust....Segev himself sticks to the 'true
story'. That's his stock-in-trade and that's what makes all of his
work so compelling. But telling the unvarnished truth ultimately
honors the man he is writing about, and Wiesenthal emerges from
Segev's book as an even richer and more consequential character
than the one he invented for himself."
--"Los Angeles Times
""Segev is one of the world's great investigative reporters--in a
class with bloodhounds like Seymour Hersh and the late David
Halberstam....The real achievement of this warts-and-all biography
[is] that truth, justice, and memory are the province not of
saints, but of flawed human beings."
--Susan Jacoby, "The Washington Post"
"Tom Segev has produced a biography that is a model of fascinating
description and measured analysis."
"--The Sunday Times "(UK)
"Segev paints a vivid portrait of this human dynamo who made it his
life's work to make people not only confront and remember the Nazi
genocide but also to punish as many of its perpetrators as
possible."
--"San Fra
Early Praise for Tom Segev's "Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and
Legends
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"A brilliant and gripping account of an extraordinary life. It
draws upon extensive research to offer new insights into the
complex personality as well as the notable achievements of Simon
Wiesenthal."
—Sir Ian Kershaw, author of "Hitler: A Biography"
Praise for Earlier Books by Tom Segev
"The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust"
“Richly documented and written with great passion.”
—Elie Wiesel, " Los Angeles Times Book Review
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“Superb . . . Throws new light on the central trauma of Israeli
society, and the uses and abuses of this trauma for political
manipulation. I, for one, learned from this book that, in order to
survive, societies must learn not only to remember but also to
forget.”
—Amos Elon, author of "The Israelis: Founders and Sons"
“Indispensable reading for anyone interested in Israel’s self-image
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