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by Sheila Schuller Coleman
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by Hugh Swift
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by Gilbert D. Nass, Mary P. Fisher
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by Bil Keane
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by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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The Odessa File
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Corgi Books (1978)
ISBN: 0552094366
EAN: 9780552094368
UPC: 000552094366
Dewy Decimal #: 813
Paperback: 320 pages
Edition: New Ed
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Customer Reviews
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Riveting, until he leaves us
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-11-07
Another winner by Forsyth. This novel is set in 60's Germany where a reporter comes upon a diary of a Jewish man who survived the concentration camps. In the diary he tells his story of the atrocities made by the SS Nazi commandant. Intrigued, after an investigation the reporter discovers the Nazi is still alive.......the man-hunt begins. Later we will find there are deeper reasons for his relentless pursuit of this mass killer.
Forsyth will keep you riveted with the characters he creates, especially the reporter as he transforms himself into a former SS sergeant in order to infiltrate the Odessa (the Odessa is a web of Nazis created to protect their own). That is, until the author begins speeding things up to where it leaves you feeling empty or wondering why he did that; it is if he just wanted the story to end. The reporter gathers his own entourage in the search of the man who is wanted by so many because this war criminal has more grave dangers at work and the hope is to crack the Odessa.
Wish you well
Scott
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A Favorite World War II Genre Taken to Fine Fiction Art
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-10-08
In this great book, Forsyth packs a punch on several levels. This book is one my favorites, one which I have read over the years again and again. Why?
1. Intricate plotting - the plot interweaves with events in the past and the present in a fine tapestry.
2. Intriguing "What If" - the Odessa network was proven to exist with the insidious characters like Eichmann, Priebke, Mengele and others who were smuggled to Argentina and South America.
3. Wiesenthal Type Character - the Taubman character is intricately weaved into the story to remind us of the crimes of the SS. That time should know no bounds as to capturing and punshing these animals.
Michael Mandaville, Author "Stealing Thunder"
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More than a page turner
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-07-21
I hadn't read any Forsyth books but had three waiting to be read (this one, The Day of the Jackal and Icon) and decided to read this one first. Wow. Written in 1972, set in 1963-64, "The Odessa File" is a perfect mix of fact and fiction. Young West German journalist Peter Miller finds the diary of a jewish holocaust survivor who committed suicide, and decides to track down Eduard Roschmann, the SS man in charge of the Riga ghetto. Roschmann, meanwhile is heading a project to build nuclear and bacteriological weapons for Egypt. The novel depicts a post war West Germany were former nazis are still very much present, even in the police force that's supposed to find war criminals. Miller's search for Roschmann is not met with much enthusiasm, but he gets help from among others Simon Wiesenthal, while the Odessa network of former SS men tries to kill him.
"The Odessa File" is a pageturner, but also a book that makes you wonder what's fiction and what's reality, and makes you want to learn more about the post-war activities of the nazis.
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Not Free SF Reader
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-05-05
Investigating a war criminal secret society.
A young reporter gets on the trail of a war criminal known as the Butcher of Riga, a man who was in charge of a concentration camp.
Thanks to a survivor's diary, and some advice from the famous nazi hunter Simon Weisenthal he sets out to infiltrate an organisation that helps war criminals get by in safety - this organisation is what part of the title refers to.
After some hard work, he discovers that what this organisation is up to is really quite a bit worse than just hiding people.
3.5 out of 5
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one of my all-time favorites
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-02-07
This book has a bit of everything - mystery, thriller, historical fiction and some very interesting bits of history itself. Forsynth captures and brings to light the ODESSA organization for the general public, and the plight of escaped Nazis just after WWII. This book may not be current, but is a great read for history enthusiasts. I highly recommend it
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Amazon.com's Price:$0.01
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