Argentina Journal

Peter Z. Malkin is an acclaimed artist and an Israeli intelligence legend. In 1960, Malkin was sent by the Head of the Mossad, to capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and bring him to Israel from Argentina to stand trial for war crimes. Malkin used his painter! s identity as his cover while he captured Adolf Eichmann. He sketched the people, places, events, and memories that not only touched him, but also haunted him during his stay in Argentina. Malkin depicted the capture of Eichmann, his memories of World War II, Mussolini, Hitler and the scenes around him where Eichmann was guarded for ten days. The colored drawings were done with make-up, oil, pastels, colored pencils and dry watercolor!Xthe others with pencil and ink, on the pages of The South American handbook. In The Argentina Journal along with the paintings he wrote his memories and his feelings of the events that surrounded him You may call it a mixture of Art and History.Malkin, Peter Z. is the author of 'Argentina Journal', published 2002 under ISBN 9780972040303 and ISBN 0972040307.