I chose this book as a birthday present for myself. It was an event I'd never heard of, and when I learned someone who was there was writing the story, I was on board. One of the great mysteries in life is the way many Nazis escaped justice. This is the story of one who didn't get away...
Anton Kuenzle is the pseudonym for Yaakov Meidad, a Mossad agent who not only assisted in the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann but had a much bigger role in the assassination of Herbert Cukurs. A distinct difference is made between the two events. Eichmann was more "a man behind the desk," so they took him back to stand trial. Cukurs was a sadist, and his trial was to take place on site as was his sentence.
This memoir was very interesting. It covers everything from discovering Cukurs' whereabouts, testimonies of witnesses, the formulation of a plan, and the execution of that plan. I commend Meidad for being able to maintain the ruse for as long as he did. He lost both his parents in the Holocaust, so it couldn't have been easy.
It's a shame this book isn't more easily available.
In this particular war of wits, there was a clear winner...
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