The Argentina Journal: Paintings and Memories: [with] Casting Pebbles on the Water [With] a Cluster of Colors: The Artworks and Memories of Peter Z. Malkin, The Israeli Secret Agent Who Captured Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann Through His Art [2 volumes]
Malkin, Peter Z.

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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. This is his story.

Editor's Note
Peter Z. Malkin was a secret agent. He has always been an artist. Agents can reveal very little, while artists and writers are more candid. Throughout his many years in the intelligence service, Peter's cover was as a painter. By day he strolled the streets watching people and their surroundings. Late into the night he painted from memory what he had observed. He continues this custom through today.

Rarely does a man who has lived such an exceptional life possess a passion for teaching, especially to children. When speaking to audiences about the capture of Adolf Eichmann as an act of moral justice, not revenge, he is usually questioned about the most effective weapon he carried. He always replies, I never carried a gun; my brain was my weapon.

Peter Z. Malkin personifies the limitless potential of the whole-brained individual, one who draws on the common sense of the left side and the creativity of the right.

Peter chose to describe his ordeal in South America through words and colors in The Argentina Journal. Writing and painting are the same for me, he says. He painted the pages in no particular order, just as there was no particular order in his life at that time. Peter never expected that this diary would become anything more than a means for catharsis and a private memorial to his family.

The narratives that describe his memories, feelings and artistic technique in The Argentina Journal include simple phrases and broken sentences with unanswered questions like a conversation. They echo his unconventional, but intriguing perspective: I like the rough edges to life; it makes for more interesting experiences.

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