The fierce : the untold story of the teenager who took on the worst war criminal living in America
Piercey, Judy2023
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For three decades after the Second World War, the 'Butcher of the Balkans' lived an idyllic life with his family in a Los Angeles suburb. Andrija Artukovic was a senior member of the Ustasha, a Croatian fascist and nationalist movement, and was responsible for the brutal murders of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children. Wanted in Yugoslavia to stand trial for war crimes, he had illegally entered and claimed political asylum in the United States. Meanwhile, just 10 miles away, David Whitelaw lived with his mother, Judith, who fled Germany in 1938. When David learned Artukovic was living nearby, he vowed to ensure his deportation to stand trial as a war criminal. But when a firebomb saw the young man sent to jail, a battle began for his own freedom, while the war criminal remained at large. A true David versus Goliath battle, this is the story of the teenager who helped take down a war criminal.
Main title:
Author:
Piercey, Judy, author
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2023.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781803991153 (hbk)
Dewey class:
364.138092364.138
Language:
English
Subject:
Whitelaw, DavidArtuković, Andrija, 1899-1988Nazi hunters -- United States -- BiographyWar criminals -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- CroatiaFugitives from justice -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryNazis -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryWar crime trials
BRN:
3408368