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The Execution of the Hangman of Riga - The Only Execution of a Nazi War Criminal by the Mossad (Paperback, Illustrated Ed) Loot Price: R581
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The Execution of the Hangman of Riga - The Only Execution of a Nazi War Criminal by the Mossad (Paperback, Illustrated Ed):...

The Execution of the Hangman of Riga - The Only Execution of a Nazi War Criminal by the Mossad (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)

Anton Kuenzle, Gad Shimron

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An internationally acclaimed aviation pioneer, Herbert Cukurs, running a hydroplanes rental company out of Sao Paolo, Brazil, liked his new customer: an Austrian businessman, who asked for a short sightseeing flight. The pilot had no idea that his customer was not Austrian but a top agent in the Israeli Mossad, working under cover to set the trap for Cukurs - a criminal personally responsible for the murder of over 30,000 innocent Jews. This was the beginning of the 'war of wits' between the Nazi war criminal and the German-born Israeli (both of whose parents had perished in Nazi death camps). It was a unique duel, played out in the Sao Paolo residence of the Cukurs family, in the jungles of Brazil, by the lagoon of Porto Alegre and on the beautiful beaches of Punta del Este. In this unique book a former senior Mossad agent describes an operation carried out in 1964-65 to identify, locate and execute the notorious Nazi war criminal Herbert Cukurs, who was personally responsible for the murder of over 30,000 Latvian Jews. The main part of the operation was undertaken almost single-handedly by 'Anton Kuenzle'. identity as a successful businessman and offering Cukurs a lucrative deal to entice him away from his secure life in Brazil to a trap laid for him in Uruguay. There Cukurs met his fate at the hands of a Mossad hit team.

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Imprint: Vallentine Mitchell
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2004
First published: October 2004
Authors: Anton Kuenzle • Gad Shimron
Dimensions: 220 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 168
Edition: Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-85303-525-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 0-85303-525-3
Barcode: 9780853035251

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