Blood from a stone : the quest for the Life Diamonds

Svoray, Yaron (Author). Hammer, Richard, 1928- (Added Author). History Channel (Television network) (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780765307958
ISBN: 0765307952
Physical Description: print
285 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Forge, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

"A two-hour History Channel documentary special"--Dust jacket.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The journey of the diamonds--First words--Origins--Moving west--Diamonds and jews--A new discovery--The greatest discovery--The camps--KZ Majdanek--KZ AuschwitzII--Birkenau--KZ Vught--A world of war--Out of the mountains--Plunder--Killing fields--A hole in a foxhole--Obsession--A chance of riches--Persuasion--To Alsace--Finding a friend--The missing dozen--Playing the media card--From the air--Raising money--Neo-Nazis--A hunting expedition--KZ Sachsenhausen:the master forger--Escape--Zuckerman--A changed mission--Into the forest--Cursed diamonds--Rhodes Versus Barnato--Coming home.