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4.0 out of 5 stars
Stranger Than Fiction, December 23, 2004
This review is from: EICHMANN IN MY HANDS: A Compelling First-Person Account By the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner (Hardcover)
When I said "stranter than fiction" this story, indeed the story of WWII and the Holocaust are stranger than fiction. Who would have believed that the most advanced nation in Europe - culturally, artistically, technologically - would adapt such an insane ideology or descend into a hell on Earth? Then who could have predicted that, like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, the very people marked for destruction would in the end, emerge triumphant?
I salute the writer for his effort even if he did get in trouble with the authorities. It is both informative and entertaining, especially the inside details of the spy world. ("The Boats of Cherbourg", a tale of a Mossad vessel-snatching from France after she turned pro-Arab, is another such tale.) What is horrifying about Eichmann is his everyday normalcy, his seemingly pleasant demeanor, a gentleman who casually chats about murdering millions of people. He is so ordinary as to invite fear. He even mentions he had Jewish friends before the war but what could he do? After all, the Jews controlled everything. That eerily sounds like some places in Europe in 2004
The trial, the political machinantions in Israel (they revived the death penalty for this one case), the evidence - superbly told. One detects an amateur writer, not a professional, but in a sense that makes the story much more genuine.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A True Life Espionage Story Better than Fiction, April 28, 2001
This review is from: EICHMANN IN MY HANDS: A Compelling First-Person Account By the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner (Hardcover)
This is a true account of the hunting down and capture of the infamous Nazi. More thrilling and readable than any fictional work, Malkin does a wonderful job recalling this adventure in South America which occured over 40 years ago. Filled with humor, pathos, history, and adventure, I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Nazi-hunting, the Holocaust, Israel, espionage, or undercover operations in general. This book was the basis for a TNT movie, starring Robert Duvall as Eichmann. I had the pleasure of seeing this movie, reading the book, and hearing Malkin speak in person within a short period of time. It is only a shame that, due to the Mossad gag order, we had to wait 30 years to hear this tale.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
powerful and affecting, September 16, 1998
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This is a first-person account by one of the Israeli secret agents who captured Eichmann, the notorious Nazi murderer, and brought him back to Israel for trial. While they were holed up with Eichmann in a safe house in Argentina, the author found himself drawn to have conversations with this person, to try and understand why he did what he did. Reading these conversations affected me so strongly, I can only imagine what the author himself went through. At one point, reading Eichman's reply to a question, I threw the book across the room. I couldn't even read it in one sitting, despite the fact that it's extremely well-written. At the end of the book I still didn't understand Eichman -- or the Holocaust -- but I gained something from reading it. I recommend it highly.
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