The Argentina Journal, 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 Book

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.