While the Avengers' story began to come to light in the 1980s, details of the relations between the group and Zionist leadership and the motivations of its members have remained unknown. If successful, they would have poisoned city water supplies and loaves of bread distributed to German POWs, with the aim of killing six million Germans. Motivated by both the atrocities they had endured and the realization that murderous antisemitic attacks on survivors continued long after the Nazi surrender, these fifty young men and women sought retaliation at a level commensurate with the devastation caused by the Holocaust, making clear to the world that Jewish blood would no longer be shed with impunity. Interview: Retribution for the Shoah: Abba Kovners Organization Nakam, with Dina Porat.

Motivated by both the atrocities they had endured and the realization that murderous. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nakam (Hebrew for vengeance) tells the story of the Avengers (Nokmim), a group of young Holocaust survivors led by poet and resistance fighter Abba Kovner, who undertook a mission of revenge against Germany following the crimes of the Holocaust. Nakam (Hebrew for 'Vengeance') tells the story of 'The Avengers' ( Nokmim), a group of young Holocaust survivors led by poet and resistance fighter Abba Kovner, who undertook a mission of revenge against Germany following the crimes of the Holocaust. Buy Nakam: The Holocaust Survivors Who Sought Full-Scale Revenge (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture) 1 by Dina Porat (ISBN: 9781503630314) from Amazon's Book Store. Dina Porat is Professor Emerita of Modern Jewish History at Tel Aviv University and former Chief Historian of Yad Vashem.

Nakam by Dina Porat