Forged in fury

by Michael Elkins

Paperback, 1971

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Available

Call number

940.534

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Publication

New York, Ballantine Books [1971]

Description

Forged in Fury follows the lives of the Jewish men and women who, in 1945, formed an organisation called DIN or 'judgement', whose mission it was to avenge those millions of Jews murdered by the Germans.Between 1945 and 1946 DIN was responsible for over 1,000 deaths, This strange, secret organisation continued to exist for more than three decades, in Europe, Israel and elsewhere. At its peak its members comprised of farmers, merchants, journalists, government officials, a poet, even ministers of religion, all sharing the same voluntary and consuming task - to hunt and kill Nazis.Forged In Fury is the history of DIN's bleak crusade to make Germany know some of the pain, humiliation and torture the Jews were forced to suffer.

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LibraryThing member wyn

The author has done a fantastic amount of research on the atrocities of the Jews during the war and the events afterwards by obviously meeting with people involved. It is not an easy read, not only because of the content, but Elkins is not a natural author and there is a lack of fluency and very

often stories leap around and re-occur. However, I do not think the authors priority was to make it an interesting read but to highlight theextent of the brutality in wartime and even more concerning the lack of empathy with the Jews immediately after the war and especially during the 50's when Germans initially jailed for atrocities were released and became major players in their countries resurgence. You get the feeling Elkins is more aggrieved with this than the initial atrocities. I always thought like most people that what happened to the Jews in the war was horrific but this book has highlighted to me that these horrors were far worse than I ever imagined. I note that the US in particular refute parts of this story but Elkins case looks awfully authentic. I have only marked it down on rating because of writing style as the content is enthralling, albeit in a very sad way.

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LibraryThing member meggyweg

This reads like a Frederick Forsyth novel, honestly. All the secret assassinations and the people from all walks of life coming together -- and the plan to poison the water supply of Munich. (Glad that never got off the ground. That crosses the line from revenge to terrorism.) It's well-written but

I have a hard time believing it -- why haven't I heard of this all before?

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LibraryThing member samarnold1975

It is fair to say that the subject material this book deals with is harrowing. The book describes the Jewish resistance during World War 2. The book is a hard read not just with the subject matter but also with the way it is written. It starts out in a novel style but as it progresses the facts

overtake the story of the resistance movement. There are simply too many facts, figures and political explanations for this to be considered a novel. However the novel style writing also means there are not enough facts and figures for the book to be a text book. Instead this book is caught in no mans land between the two. Due to this I struggled through this book. Although I will take a lot with me from this book it was just not my sort of thing.

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