Description
Wanted! The Search for Nazis in America
Howard Blum — Quadrangle / The New York Times Book Co., 1977
First Edition — Near Fine Dust Jacket — Synagogue Library Provenance
A powerful work of investigative journalism, Wanted! exposes the hidden postwar world of Nazi fugitives who quietly slipped into American life after World War II. Howard Blum, then a rising reporter for The New York Times, reconstructs the dramatic efforts to identify, track, and prosecute war criminals who believed they had escaped justice.
Blum weaves together intelligence documents, survivor testimony, and government records to reveal a deeply unsettling truth: some of history’s most notorious perpetrators were living in U.S. cities and suburbs for decades, undetected or legally protected. His reporting helped shift the national conversation about accountability, memory, and the unfinished work of post-Holocaust justice.
This copy carries significant and meaningful provenance. It once belonged to the Library of Temple Anshe Amunim in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where it was cataloged under Anti-Semitism—a placement that reflects the book’s importance within Jewish communal history and Holocaust education. Apart from a single discreet library stamp, the book is exceptionally clean. The dust jacket is near fine and now protected in fresh Brodart archival covering, preserving it for decades to come.
A compelling addition for collectors of:
• Judaica & Jewish history
• Holocaust and post-Holocaust studies
• WWII & war crimes investigations
• Simon Wiesenthal–era Nazi-hunting literature
• 20th-century American investigative reporting
A potent, historically resonant volume—one that remains chillingly relevant today.
