Eichmann in My Hands

A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner

De: Peter Z. Malkin, Harry Stein

Narrado por: Jonathan Davis

In 1960 Argentina, a covert team of Israeli agents hunted down the most elusive war criminal alive: Adolf Eichmann, chief architect of the Holocaust. The young spy who tackled Eichmann on a Buenos Aires street - and fought every compulsion to strangle the Obersturmführer then and there - was Peter Z. Malkin. For decades Malkin's identity as Eichmann's captor was kept secret. Here he reveals the entire breathtaking story - from the genesis of the top-secret surveillance operation to the dramatic public capture and smuggling of Eichmann to Israel to stand trial.

The result is a portrait of two men. One, a freedom fighter, intellectually curious and driven to do right. The other, the dutiful Good German who, through his chillingly intimate conversations with Malkin, reveals himself as the embodiment of what Hannah Arendt called "the banality of evil." Singular, riveting, troubling, and gratifying, Eichmann in My Hands "remind[s] of what is at stake: not only justice but our own humanity" (New York Newsday).

Now Malkin's story comes to life on the screen with Oscar Isaac playing the heroic Mossad agent and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley playing Eichmann in Operation Finale.

©1990 Peter Z. Malkin and Harry Stein (P)2019 Tantor

Educating

It’s a sad subject with a just outcome. It’s also a great reminder that sometimes you have to say NO!

Amazing story, narrated exceptionally!

Having read a lot about Eichmann, and stumbling across the Netflix film, I was interested to read this fuller account of the story on which the film was based. Great to hear about the life of the team members, along with the day by day details of the planning and execution that when into Eichmann’s capture.

Gripping story

Gripping tale about the capture of Eichmann. Peter Malkin and his family’s story is heartbreaking yet all to familiar. He was able to maintain incredible professionalism in the face of pure evil. It’s shocking how easily the world let Nazis off the hook, even helping them escape. Amazing story weaving heartbreak, horror, resilience and justice.

A historical recall that applies today!

This is an important novel that all young adults should read. It is a great historical lesson that seems to be repeating today!

Autobiographical telling of a historical story

I remember when Eichmann was captured and spirited to Israel to stand trial, and wanted to learn about how it was done. This book gave me a whole lot more. It is also an autobiography by the man that caught him.
This a great book, well read and well worth the listen.