Hunting the Truth

"Riveting . . . absorbing . . . As their memoirs make clear, these militants of memory never lost sight of their goal." --Benjamin Balint, The Wall Street Journal

"Exceptionally relevant . . . an awe-inspiring account of one couple's relentless pursuit of Nazi criminals . . . The Klarsfelds are reluctant memoirists, Serge explains, but their fidelity to accuracy and their humility regarding monumental triumphs of justice serve as urgent messages to us all." --Elizabeth Rosner, San Francisco Chronicle

"Assertive . . . Hunting the Truth] helps us understand how these two otherwise ordinary individuals--a nonobservant Jewish Frenchman and a gentile German woman--came to devote themselves with such single-minded daring to the cause of achieving both justice and commemoration for the French victims of the Holocaust . . . The Klarsfelds' success has been undeniable." --Robert O. Paxton, The New York Review of Books

"Hunting the Truth is an important book, with an immeasurable educational value. At the narrative level, the authors have written a history primer about the unimaginable cruelty of the Nazis and their willing French collaborators, whom the Klarsfelds helped bring to justice. Alongside the narrative stratum, however, they have compiled a moving treatise based upon their personal experiences." --Mordechai Ben-Dat, The Canadian Jewish News

"A riveting record . . . Anti-semitic hatred, in Sartre's formulation, "is first of all a passion." By presenting their many years of struggle for a "great, just cause," the Klarsfelds' memoir affirms a far higher and more enduring passion." --Peter E. Kornblub, Jewish Book Council

"Remarkable . . . Throughout their harrowing work, [the Klarsfelds] maintained a home in Paris and remain to this day devoted to and inspired by each other. A masterful work of historical importance." --Booklist (starred review)

"At its best [Hunting the Truth] gives an exhilarating picture of amateurs assuming investigative duties in search of long-overdue justice." --Publishers Weekly

"With bravery and chutzpah, a husband and wife demonstrate that there's no moral compromise with history." --Kirkus

"This inspiring memoir of persistence and staying true to one's beliefs will remind all readers that although it may be slow, justice will triumph." --Library Journal

"The Klarsfelds, by their assiduous research and documentation, helped in the identification and capture of Nazis and others responsible for those crimes . . . The Klarsfelds will be remembered for their emphasis on using the legal system to try the perpetrators of the Holocaust and to prevent their rehabilitation as honored citizens." --American Thinker