Peter Z. Malkin- Maler, Poet, der Adolf Eichman fing
Peter Z. Malkin (1927- 2005,born in British Palestine, he spent his early childhood in Zölkiewka, Poland. In 1936, his family returned to Palestine to escape the rising tide of antisemitism; his sister, Fruma, and her three children who remained behind with 150 other relatives, died in the Nazi Holocaust.
At the age of 12, Malkin was recruited into the Haganah, the Palestine Jewish underground. Later, he was invited to join the new Jewish state's fledgling security service as an explosives expert-on his application, he wrote; "I like adventure"- and using his skills as a master of martial arts and disguises, ros through the ranks. The shadow of the Holocaust never left Malkin's family, but the chance to avenge the tragic deaths of his relatives came in 1960. As a member of an elite commando team, Malkin was the man who physically captured an guarded Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
Working as an agent, mostly at night, left Malki free to study art in Vienna and visit the great museums of the world. Painting served as his cover, and as an escape from a demanding profession where survival depended on "hard work and brains"
Since hid retirement, Malkin has devoted his time to painting, writing, lecturing and consulting on international anti-terrorism methods.
