Hunting Eichmann (51 page)

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 "almost nationwide": Tetens, p. 222; NA, RG 263, Nazis/West Germany/Post WWII, CIA Report, "Growth of Neo-Nazism," March 21, 1958.
Soon after the Cologne: Producer's Notes,
HAE.
Already the Mossad chief: Y. Gat, AI.
"an influential middleman": ISA, 2354/8-hz, Announcement from Comité International d'Auschwitz, January 14, 1960.
"Please make sure": Friedman,
Die Korrespondenz,
Letter from Erwin Schüle to Tuviah Friedman, January 1960.

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 Third, the Mossad chief: OHD, (228)2, Interview with Joel Baromi; OHD, (228)3, Interview with Arye Levavi; Haim, "Jewish Leadership in Times of Crisis," pp. 122–23.
"take suitable measures": Ben-Gurion, p. 574.
"I am planning": Producer's Notes,
HAE.

CHAPTER 12

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 His Israeli diplomatic papers: Documentary Transcript,
HAE.
Aharoni had the kind: Aharoni,
On Life and Death,
pp. 9–102.

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 "I am absolutely": Black and Benny, p. 138.

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 Waiting outside the airport: Z. Aharoni interview,
IMAE;
Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 88–91.
In every country: Thomas, p. 68.
Two days later: Z. Aharoni interview,
IMAE;
Harel, pp. 43–45.

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 Across the globe: Y. Gat, AI.
Every attempt to speak: Harel, p. 40.

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 Forty years old: Y. Gat, AI.
When Bloch returned: Ibid.
The independent Nazi-hunter: Ibid.; Wiesenthal,
The Murderers Among Us,
pp. 126–29; Pick, pp. 143–46.

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 Like Tuviah Friedman: Pick, p. 144.
"This must be how": Wiesenthal,
The Murderers Among Us,
p. 128.
Wiesenthal gladly gave: Y. Gat, AI.
Gat wanted to: Ibid.; Pick, pp. 144–45.

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 "For my friend": Z. Aharoni interview,
IMAE.
"Excuse me please": Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 92–96.

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 Listening to Juan's: Documentary Interview Notes,
HAE;
Harel, pp. 48–51.

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 That night: Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 88, 97.
Aharoni and Juan: Ibid., p. 97.

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 Early that morning: Harel, p. 53.
That was more: Ibid., pp. 98–103.

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 "Go back to": Research Notes,
HAE.
On March 11: Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 103–4.
"And what do you": Ibid.; Harel, pp. 59–60.

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 At a café: Documentary Interview Notes,
HAE.
"What happened": Research Notes,
HAE.
"Ah. Never mind": Z. Aharoni interview,
IMAE.

CHAPTER 13

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 Aharoni crawled along: Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 106–7.
On this, Aharoni:
La Razon,
April 24, 1961;
Ahora,
June 7, 1960; Lauryssens, p. 117.
The house looked: Donovan, p. 105; Pearlman, p. 2.
Driving past: Z. Aharoni interview,
IMAE.

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 Later that night: Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 106–7.
In Tel Aviv: Harel, p. 61; Weber, pp. 40–41.

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 Two days later: Kurzman, pp. 410–11; Schwarz, pp. 441–44; Shpiro, "Intelligence Services and Foreign Policy."
"I belong to a nation": Vogel, pp. 119–20.

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 No longer willing: NA, RG 263, Adolf Eichmann Name File (CIA), The Eichmann Trial and Allegations Against Secretary State Globke, February 7, 1961.
On March 16: Z. Aharoni interview,
IMAE;
Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 106–12.

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 "It's possible there's been": Research Notes,
HAE.

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 "They
looked
like": Eichmann,
Meine Flucht.

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 Eichmann knew that: "Interview with Klaus Eichmann"; Ben-Gurion, p. 582; Von Lang,
Eichmann Interrogated,
p. 285.
Those two men: Eichmann,
Meine Flucht;
"Interview with Klaus Eichmann."

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 His sons, however: Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 109–10.

CHAPTER 14

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 Once Aharoni learned: Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 112–13.

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 Over the past: Harel, p. 76; Demo Tape,
HAE;
Thomas, p. 75; Bar-Zohar,
Spies in the Promised Land,
pp. 108–9; Rein, pp. 143, 157–59.

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 Given what was: R. Eitan, AI.
Rafi Eitan, the Shin Bet: Raviv and Melman, pp. 253–54; Black and Benny, pp. 418–19; Thomas, pp. 73–75; Harel, pp. 83–84.

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 The thirty-four-year-old: Harel, pp. 83–84; Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 110–11; Black and Benny, p. 419.
"What are the odds": Harel, pp. 83–84.
"I'm putting you": R. Eitan, AI; Producer's Notes,
HAE.
"None of them": Harel, p. 84.
On Sunday, March 20: Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 116–18.

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 Vardi was an Israeli: Ben Natan, pp. 84, 90.
Vardi understood: Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 118–19.

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 Through a contact: Aharoni and Dietl, p. 120; "Interview with Klaus Eichmann"; AGN, Josef Mengele File.
Through a clerk: J. Moskoviz, AI.
On Sunday, April 3: Z. Aharoni interview,
IMAE;
Harel, pp. 73–77.

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 Yaakov Gat welcomed: Y. Gat, AI.

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 "Are you definitively sure": Research Notes,
HAE.

CHAPTER 15

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 Avraham Shalom walked: A. Shalom, AI.
The thirty-three-year-old: Ibid.

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 Logistics and operational: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 122.

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 "Isser wants honest men": Steven, p. 39; Bar-Zohar,
Spies in the Promised Land,
pp. 66–67.
"How would you feel": A. Shalom, AI.
Although the chief: Bar-Zohar,
Spies in the Promised Land,
p. 106.
The first choice: A. Shalom, AI; Y. Gat, AI; Demo Tape,
HAE.

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 Aharoni entered: A. Shalom, AI; Harel, pp. 79–81.

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 The two top lawyers: Yablonka, p. 46; Papadatos, pp. 52–62; Robinson, pp. 103–6.
At Mossad headquarters: Steven, p. 111; A. Shalom, AI.

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 any equipment: A. Shalom, AI; Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 128.

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 "We're going to bring": Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 120.
What Eitan didn't: A. Shalom, AI.
Malkin entered: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 124.
The two were: Ibid.; A. Shalom, AI.

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 "We'd just better hope": Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 125–27.
There the thirty-seven-year-old: Documentary Interview Notes,
HAE.

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 Over the next: Harel, p. 89;
New York Times,
March 16, 1960.
Aharoni showed them: R. Eitan, AI.
Each night: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 127.

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 Malkin was eleven: Peter Malkin interview, Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive; McKechnie and Howell; Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 19–72.
Malkin's first commissions: McKechnie and Howell.
Beyond focusing: A. Shalom, AI.

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 This mission was different: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 54.

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 That left air travel: Harel, pp. 38–39.
This would not be: B. Tirosh, AI; D. Alon, AI; Goldman, pp. 23–29.

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 Once this was: Yaakov Medad interview, Massuah Institute; A. Shalom, AI; Harel, pp. 94–95.
A week before: Harel, p. 86.

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 On April 18: Ibid., p. 87; Y. Klein, AI.
"Okay, everyone": Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 140.
"I want to begin": Demo Tape,
HAE.

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 He often instilled: A. Shalom, AI; Steven, p. 38.
"We will bring": Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 140–41.

CHAPTER 16

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 On April 24: Y. Gat, AI; Harel, pp. 102–3.

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 Since arriving: Aharoni and Dietl, p. 126.

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 Entering the lobby: A. Shalom, AI; Davies, p. 111.
Like his colleagues: A. Shalom, AI.
"Compatriot": Ibid.

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 "What do you want": Ibid.; Y. Gat, AI.

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 Early the next morning: Y. Gat, AI.

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 Harel had already: Harel, pp. 86–89, 99–100.
There were scores: Y. Klein, AI; S. Shaul, AI; D. Alon, AI.

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 Harel knew El Al: B. Tirosh, AI.
A German Jew: Ibid.; S. Alony, AI; Goldman, pp. 44, 56, 61.
"Look, friends": B. Tirosh, AI.

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 Peleg was noticeably: Harel, p. 109.
Before the meeting: B. Tirosh, AI.
The captain understood: S. Shaul, AI.
"It is a very": B. Tirosh, AI.

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 Lying flat: A. Shalom, AI; Y. Gat, AI; Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 128–29.

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 They had spent: Harel, pp. 116–19.
In addition to Maoz: A. Shalom, AI; Documentary Interview Notes,
HAE.
In the best-case: A. Shalom, AI; J. Moskoviz, AI.

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 In New York: Y. Klein, AI. "You are hereby": L. Volk, AI.

CHAPTER 17

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 "The initial team": Harel, p. 111.
Top-level officers: Aharoni and Dietl, p. 7; Shpiro,
Geheimdienste in der Weltgeschichte,
p. 305; Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 129.
Harel understood: Demo Tape,
HAE.

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 "Dead or alive": Bar-Zohar,
Ben Gurion,
p. 1375; Derogy and Carmel, p. 176.
There was nothing: Harel, pp. 94, 111–13; Bar-Zohar,
Spies in the Promised Land,
p. 65.
Once they had Eichmann: Harel, pp. 210–11; NA, RG 263, Adolf Eichmann Name File (CIA), Extradition Case of Nazi Josef Mengele, June 24, 1960; U.S. Department of Justice, report, p. xx.

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 On Sunday, May 1: A. Shalom, AI.
"worse than criminal": Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 122.
Their house searches: Aharoni and Dietl, p. 131.

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 Another problem was: Yaakov Medad interview, Massuah Institute; Documentary Interview Notes,
HAE;
A. Shalom, AI.
While Gat remained: Harel, p. 121.
The Mossad chief: A. Shalom, AI.

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 "We can't be too": Harel, p. 122.
"Look, this is not": Y. Klein, AI.

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 For a while: Ibid.; Harel, pp. 123–25.
Klein thought vaguely: Y. Klein, AI.

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 "There is something": L. Volk, AI.
"What your job": Y. Klein, AI.

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 On May 3: Harel, p. 135.
The first was located: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 168; A. Shalom, AI.
Code-named Doron: Malkin,
The Argentina Journal,
p. 48; Harel, p. 132.

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 After the El Al: A. Shalom, AI; Harel, p. 130.
On the evening: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 153–56.

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 In Vienna alone: Cesarani, pp. 68–72.

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 Reading about Eichmann's: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 132–38; Malkin,
The Argentina Journal,
p. 11; McKechnie and Howell.
Now, his hands: Peter Malkin interview, Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive; Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 155–56.
What neither Malkin: Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 130–31; Z. Aharoni interview,
IMAE;
Documentary Interview Notes,
HAE.

CHAPTER 18

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 Since receiving word: Thomas, pp. 74–75.
It was clear: R. Eitan, AI.
Still, there were: A. Shalom, AI; Harel, pp. 147–48.

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 As for the operation's timing: Harel, pp. 131–32.
They were to practice: Y. Gat, AI.
At Ezeiza Airport: Y. Klein, AI; Harel, p. 138.

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 "Maybe it would": L. Volk, AI.
On the evening: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 163–64.

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 The forger had arrived: Harel, pp. 136–37.
None of the team: Steven, p. 112; Black and Benny, p. 177.
The team had relied: A. Shalom, AI; Y. Gat, AI; M. Tabor interview,
IMAE.

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 He and Moshe Tabor: M. Tabor interview,
IMAE;
Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 210.
"When did you": Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 163–64; Malkin,
The Argentina Journal,
p. 28.
Shalom scouted routes: A. Shalom, AI; Harel, p. 148.

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 He also assisted: Yaakov Medad interview, Massuah Institute; Aharoni and Dietl, p. 132.
The surveillance of: Peter Malkin interview, Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive; Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 132.
He also was learning: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 158.

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 Many hours were: M. Tabor interview,
IMAE;
A. Shalom, AI.
Whenever all: A. Shalom, AI; Y. Gat, AI.

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 At the end: Malkin,
The Argentina Journal,
p. 31; Y. Gat, AI.
On a chilly Sunday: Harel, pp. 142–43.
In his early forties: A. Shalom, AI; Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 169.
For cover: D. Sasson, AI.
"We're glad you're here": Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 169–70.
In the city: Harel, p. 160.

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 "The government has approved": A. Levavi, AI; OHD, (228)3, Interview with Arye Levavi.
Harel recommended: A. Levavi, AI.
A drawing of: Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
p. 143.

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 "As soon as we": Ibid., pp. 175–77; Harel, p. 147.
In Malkin's view: P. Malkin interview,
HAE.
One car would be: Harel, p. 147; Aharoni and Dietl, pp. 133–34; A. Shalom, AI; M. Tabor interview,
IMAE;
P. Malkin interview,
HAE.

CHAPTER 19

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On May 9: R. Eitan, AI.
Later that morning: Harel, pp. 147–49.

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 "What if he": Malkin,
Eichmann in My Hands,
pp. 179–80.
Even with: M. Tabor interview,
IMAE;
A. Shalom, AI.

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 "I assure you": AdsD, Nachlass Fritz Bauer, Box 1, Letter from Haim Cohen to Fritz Bauer, May 10, 1960.