Which group killed Nazis by poisoning their bread and how many Nazis are thought to have died this way?

peasypod

I'm thinking the Jewish group with the Hebrew name 'Nakam' but I don't think they actually killed anyone, just made them violently ill... Mar 21 05, 9:04 PM

SOTHC

Homepride, the militant part of the Home Guard Mar 22 05, 12:20 AM

Stew54

I read a book about The Avengers, Jewish partisans who tried to do this. Not sure how much literary licence there might have been in that (great story though). I recall that they infiltrated the bakery in one concentration camp and make the guards ill. Mar 22 05, 5:59 AM

gmackematix

The group was called Dim Yehudi Nakam (Avenge Jewish Blood). According to the New York Times in 1946, there were 207 ill in hospital but none died. There are others that claim more died and there are details of the plot that have only come to light in recent years. This is largely because the group's leader, Abba Kovner, thought that public knowledge of the plot would show Jews in a poor light. Interestingly there is one source claiming that a double agent diluted the arsenic used to paint the bread, thus presenting deaths. Much of this is obtained from the English part of the following article: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3894581948/028-9057515-7214126 Mar 22 05, 4:55 PM

gmackematix

Imagine the relevant "s" is really a "v" in that last post. Mar 22 05, 4:57 PM

gmackematix

And how could I forget to award Peasy a yay! Mar 22 05, 5:00 PM

peasypod

So does Miss Peasy earn a roll? Mar 22 05, 5:01 PM

peasypod

I like to think I'm quick off the mark, but sometimes you're too good gmack! Mar 22 05, 5:02 PM

gmackematix

Yes, Peasy but not a brown bread one given the subject. Mar 22 05, 5:02 PM