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Part Two: A Tale of Revenge

Behind the Bastards

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The Allies Aren't Really Interested in Ensuring Justice

Abba Kovner, the man who first warned Jewish Europe about Germany's plans to kill them all, delivered another address. He told Auschwitz survivors that some form of terrible vengeance against the Germans was necessary as an act of self-defense. The idea of vengeance is not something that is permitted in the Jewish faith. In Talmudic law, personal vengeance is forbidden; God can take revenge.

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