Hitler's Bounty Hunters : The Betrayal of the Jews

In __Hitler's Bounty Hunters__, investigative journalist Ad van Liempt pulls back the curtain on the shocking practice of bounty hunters and their roles in the Holocaust. These bounty hunters rounded up over 9,000 Jewish citizens for the Nazis, sometimes chasing families across hundreds of miles for their reward. Most of the bounty hunters were ordinary citizens, not forced into service by the Germans or even ideologically aligned with them, but simply men and women looking for some cash and power. Van Liempt examines the careers of bounty hunters in great detail, telling the stories behind their hunts. He also investigates the bounty hunters' claim in court that they did not know what happened to their victims after they had delivered them to the Nazis. This haunting book uncovers a facet of the Holocaust that has virtually been overlooked by historians until now. Why Were The Nazis So Successful In Deporting Jews? Why Did Families Such As Anne Frank's Get Turned In? Investigative Journalist Ad Van Liempt Pulls Back The Curtain On The Shocking Practice Of Dutch Bounty Hunters Of The Jews, And Reveals That Ordinary Citizens Were Prepared To Turn Over Their Jewish Countrymen In Exchange For Cash. Van Liempt Examines In Great Detail The Careers Of Bounty Hunters And Describes Some Particularly Horrifying Cases. The Most Gripping Are Those Involving Young Children. In One Case, Two Bounty Hunters Traveled Hundreds Of Miles To Get Their Hands On A Two-year-old Girl Living In A Safe House: A Month Later She Was Gassed At Sobibor. In Court, The Bounty Hunters Consistently Maintained That They Received No Premiums For Their Work, But The Author Shows The Opposite To Be True And Traces The Money Involved. This Book Uncovers A Facet Of The Holocaust That Has Previously Been Largely Neglected And Brings To Light The Day-to-day Workings Of The Persecution Of The Jews.--jacket. An Excursion To Utrecht -- The Deportations -- The Colonne Henneicke -- Betrayal -- The Money -- The Leaders' Style -- The Men From The Card Catalogue -- Herman Bertinga: Familiar With Stock Control -- The Men At The Dutch Theater -- Harm Jan Van Den Heuvel: An Insignificant Player On The Stage Of Life -- Everyday Arrests -- Eddy Moerberg: A Gentle Character -- Chris De Hout And The Hunt For Floortje Citroen -- Tonny Kroon And The Job He Always Wanted -- Lawbreakers -- What Did The Jew Hunters Know? -- On Trial -- Group Portrait -- The End Of The Leaders. Ad Van Liempt ; Translated By S.j. Leinbach. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 220-256) And Index. Why were the Nazis so successful in deporting Jews? Why did families such as Anne Frank's get turned in? Investigative journalist Ad van Liempt pulls back the curtain on the shocking practice of Dutch bounty hunters of the Jews, and reveals that ordinary citizens were prepared to turn over their Jewish countrymen in exchange for cash.Van Liempt examines in great detail the careers of bounty hunters and describes some particularly horrifying cases. The most gripping are those involving young children. In one case, two bounty hunters traveled hundreds of miles to get their hands on a two-year-old girl living in a safe house; a month later she was gassed at Sobibor. In court, the bounty hunters consistently maintained that they received no premiums for their work, but the author shows the opposite to be true and traces the money involved.This haunting book uncovers a facet of the Holocaust that has previously been largely neglected and brings to light the day-to-day workings of the persecution of the Jews. Preliminaries......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 10 1 An Excursion to Utrecht......Page 12 2 The Deportations......Page 17 3 The Colonne Henneicke......Page 30 4 Betrayal......Page 57 5 The Money......Page 69 6 The Leaders Style......Page 86 7 The Men from the Card Catalogue......Page 96 8 Herman Bertinga Familiar with Stock Control......Page 104 9 The Men at the Dutch Theater......Page 110 10 Harm Jan van den Heuvel......Page 119 11 Everyday Arrests......Page 125 12 Eddy Moerberg A Gentle Character......Page 137 13 Chris de Hout and the Hunt for Floortje Citroen......Page 148 14 Tonny Kroon and the Job He Always Wanted......Page 156 15 Lawbreakers Henk van den Heuvel......Page 166 16 What Did the Jew Hunters Know......Page 177 17 On Trial......Page 184 18 Group Portrait......Page 210 19 The End of the Leaders......Page 225 Notes......Page 231 Bibliography......Page 264