Did Avengers Kill Nazis After WWII?

Before they were Marvel superheroes, 'The Avengers' was the real name of a secret group of Jewish assassins. Their mission? Revenge. Their target? Nazi war criminals. This is the shocking true story of how they poisoned thousands of German POWs in a bold act of justice after World War II. You’ve never heard history like this.

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What if I told you the original Avengers weren’t comic book heroes—but real-life Nazi hunters?

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Right after WWII, a secret group of Jewish survivors formed a revenge squad called Nakam, meaning 'vengeance.' Their

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goal?

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To kill thousands of Nazis who escaped justice.

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And they had a chilling plan to do it—by poisoning German prisoners of war.

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Led by Abba Kovner, a poet turned resistance fighter, the Avengers infiltrated a bakery that supplied bread to

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a Nazi POW camp in Nuremberg.

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They laced 3,000 loaves with arsenic.

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The plan was simple: feed the enemy their last meal.

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It was one of the boldest acts of post-war retribution ever attempted.

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On April 13, 1946, the poisoned bread was delivered.

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Within hours, over 2,000 German prisoners fell violently ill.

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Though no official deaths were confirmed, British and American authorities were alarmed.

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The operation, known as Plan A, was partially successful—but the full extent of its impact remains a mystery

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to this day.

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The Avengers had even bigger plans—Plan B involved poisoning entire city water supplies in Germany.

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But Kovner was arrested before it could happen.

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The group disbanded, their story buried for decades.

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Today, they’re remembered not as villains, but as survivors who chose vengeance over silence.

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History’s real Avengers were far more dangerous than fiction.