Peter Z. Malkin, The Argentina Journal & Casting Pebble

Description: The Argentina Journal: Paintings and Memories: The Israeli Secret Agent Who Captured Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann Through His Art (Hardcover, 2 books in a slipcase) by Peter Z. Malkin (Author) Editorial Reviews Review filled with the faces of the dead and the living.Malkin is more than a diarist; he is an artist. -- Chaim Estulin, HK Magazine, December 6, 2002 Product Description 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, the 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. In 1991, after the facts of the operation including Malkin's role were publicly revealed, Malkin was interviewed by every major publication around the world. He exhibited the paintings that became known as The Argentina Journal. Curators from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem carefully removed the pages from the spine of the book. For the first time since they were created in 1960, the paintings that comprise The Argentina Journal, with the painters' thoughts, feelings, memories, and descriptions of technique, are being published in their entirety. The paintings appear in the precise order as the pages in The South American Handbook. Some of the paintings have never been shown before, or their existence known. There are a total of 60 paintings and 60 narratives, including excerpts from his book Eichmann In My hands for a total of 156 pages. Along with The Argentina Journal painted in 1960 during the capture of Eichmann, is Casting Pebbles on the Water with a Cluster of Colors painted in 1996 and finished in 1998 in an Atlas handbook. The book reflects the distinctive painting skill of a professional spy, it is hard to imagine but it is so true. Peter is the most unique talented artist in the 20th Century. From the Publisher Publisher's Note: On June 26, 2001, I was introduced to Peter Z. Malkin. Peter was interested in publishing his artwork, painted in 1960 at the time of the capture of Adolf Eichmann. We had spoken for a short time before I realized who was in front of me: an artist and a secret agent! Time stood still as I listened for hours to his unbelievable story, while examining and marveling at the painted images on the pages of The South American Handbook. Peter gave me a copy of his memoir, Eichmann In My Hands. I read the book that night until the last page. I could not put it down. I was very impressed with the man that I came to know as my friend, through his writing, his art and his presence. I did not realize that we would be partners in such a complex and important project. Never before had all sixty paintings been published in their entirety and in the correct order as they appear in the original book. It is my pleasure to be a part of The Argentina Journal, with its history, its meaning, its relevancy and its art. Thank you, Peter, for revealing the face of evil, the beauty of goodness, and the poetry of life. Victor Weiss. From the Author: Peter Z. Malkin I bought a copy of The South American Handbook in France en route to Buenos Aires. I could never have imagined, however, that these pages with their information on Argentina would eventually function as the background to my own pictures. Once I started, I couldn't stop until most of the pages were covered by drawn and colored images and by scribbled sentences and signs. I took the little red book with me wherever I went. No one could possibly have suspected that I related to it as my diary. During the day, I would sketch houses, and toward the evening, figures from the Carnaval celebrating Argentina's 150th anniversary of Independence. In the small hours of the night, however, I depicted Eichmann, Nazis, personal memoirs, and members of my own family, as well as local people I encountered during my stay in Argentina. For four whole months, I filled the book with my colored drawings, continually revising. Upon returning to Israel, I hid it in a closet in my mother's house. Following her death seventeen years later, I recovered it just as I had left it. Now I saw how each picture told a story, and how every snatch of sentence in color hinted at the event it described. Today, after many years, the book still affects me, as if I had made these drawings only yesterday. Peter Z. Malkin From the Inside Flap The Argentina Journal is a truly remarkable eyewitness account of history told through words and colors. It represents one of the most important historical art books of the 20th century. Peter Z. Malkin is an acclaimed artist and an Israeli intelligence legend. In his 27 years in the Mossad and the secret service, first as an agent and later as Chief of Operations, he took a lead role in Israeli's most celebrated intelligence coups and later covert operations. One of the greatest figures ever in the history of the Mossad, wrote the respected Israeli daily, Maariv, of Malkin in 1989. Most of his operations remain secret to this day; their outcomes have had a tremendous impact on the security of the country he served. In 1960, Malkin was placed in an unprecedented position, to use his skills as an agent and his talent as a painter to make history and record it at the same time. Malkin became a member of the elite commando team sent by the Head of the Mossad, Isser Harel, to capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and bring him to Israel. An expert in martial arts, Malkin was chosen to physically capture Eichmann, guard him in a safe house, and disguise him for his clandestine journey out of Buenos Aires to stand trial in Jerusalem. On his way to South America, Malkin bought a copy of The South American Handbook. He carried the small red book with him everywhere he went. It was natural for him to bring art supplies for his cover as an artist, but on this mission, the handbook became his canvas. A keen observer by profession, Malkin sketched the people, places, events, and memories that not only touched him, but also haunted him during his stay in Argentina. For Malkin, the capture of Eichmann was an act of moral justice on behalf of mankind, but it was also personal, born Zvi Malchin in British Palestine, he spent his early years in Zolkiewka, Poland and lost 150 relatives in the Holocaust, including his sister, Fruma, and her three children. Only pages apart, Malkin depicted Eichmann, Mussolini and Hitler, rented houses, members of his family, figures from the pageantry of the Carnaval, and lovers across the street from the safe house where Eichmann was guarded for ten days. The colored drawings were done with make-up, oil, pastels, colored pencils and dry watercolor, the others with pencil and ink, on the pages of the handbook. When he returned to Israel, he wrapped the diary in an old newspaper and cloth bag and hid it in his mother's house. Malkin forgot about it for years. After his mother's death seventeen years later, he found the small red book just where he left it, but his involvement in the operation to capture Eichmann remained a secret for another 15 years. In 1991, after the facts of the operation including Malkin's role were publicly revealed, he exhibited the paintings that became known as The Argentina Journal at the Israel Museum. Curators from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, preparing for the exhibition, carefully removed the pages from the spine of the book. The paintings were placed in 14 double-sided frames (like an open book); two images were viewed from the front of each frame, and two others from the back. Some images were hidden from view and were found only now, in the preparation for this book. For the first time since they were created in 1960, the paintings that comprise The Argentina Journal, with the painters' thoughts, feelings, memories, and descriptions of technique, are being published in their entirety. The paintings appear in the precise order as the pages in The South American Handbook. Some of the paintings have never been shown before, or their existence known. Since his retirement in 1976, Peter Z. Malkin has devoted his time to the artistic pursuits that served as his cover during his years in the Mossad. His paintings have won international acclaim in Brussels, Israel, Japan, London, New York and Paris. He is also the author of five books, including a personal memoir written with Harry Stein, Eichmann In My Hands, a much sought after lecturer around the world, and a private international consultant on anti - terrorism methods. What Peter Z. Malkin presents here is an illustrated book. For Malkin's imagery possesses the power that is common to life and art. I was stunned and fascinated by their impact. It is simultaneously realistic and surrealistic, precisely descriptive as it verges on the visionary. It is constructed from the strands of present reality and from the strands of memory. It offers both factual and poetic testimony. About the Author 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. 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, rose 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 and guarded Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires. His role in the mission took four months. Malkin spent 27 years in the Mossad before retiring as Chief of Operations in 1976. Working as an agent, mostly at night, left Malkin 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. Describing the mood in many of his paintings, Malkin says, I have been alone a lot. I am lone wolf. You can be with a lot of people and feel lonely. You can be alone and feel good. So I have wanted to portray the loneliness, the separation of people even when they are together. Since his retirement, Malkin has devoted his time to painting, writing, lecturing and consulting on international anti-terrorism methods. He is the author of five books, including a compelling memoir, Eichmann In My Hands, with Harry Stein. His paintings have won acclaim in Brussels, Israel, Japan, London, New York and Paris. Faces are treasures hiding intrinsic beauty, ceaselessly changing. Behind them are mysteries revealing love or evil. Every painter has to have atmosphere. For me, I had the atmosphere of secrecy, and of being an agent. Peter said. Int'l shipping available, please email us to check rate for you. Free shipping is only available in United States. Sadly Peter left us on 3/1/2005, attached The New York Times Obituaries on 3/3/2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/obituaries/03malkin.html?_r=1 attached BBC News Obituaries http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4321079.stm attached The Washington Post Obituaries http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2785-2005Mar2.html attached The Boston Globe Obituaries http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/03/04/peter_malkin_mossad_agent_who_caught_nazi_eichmann/

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