European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 18, 19fl6 the stars and stripes Page 17 drawing of Eiermann made by Mol Kin in a tourist g i Devoak White guarding the prisoner. Agent recalls capturing Eichmann new York times. Of Nachilly night in May 1960. Peter Malkon approached a slight baldish Man walking Home on a suburban Street in Buenos Aires. One minute sir Manikin said. A second Tater his Beefy forearm snapped around the Man s neck and Adolf Eichmann die former nazi is officer responsible Tor the Slaughter of nearly 6 million people was himself under arrest by the Stala of Israel. I had to Wear gloves that night Malkon a Lormer israeli intelligence Agen. Recalled at his office in new York. I knew All the commands that came through that Mouth t had to put something Between me and this month on the 25th anniversary of the Irlam and hanging of Eichmann in Israel Malkon spoke out about his role in the undercover team that captured Eichmann until recently Malkin had maintained secrecy about his experiences. Bui at the opening of a new exhibit this month about the Eichmann Case Al the jewish museum in new York and in subsequent interviews at his Home and office Malkon recalled the Mission. As a master of martial arts and disguises. Malkin was chosen by the israeli intelligence services to seize Eichmann the is lieutenant colonel who engineered the final solution to the Jawish for More than a week in 1960, Malkon was Eichmann s guard in a Safe House in Argentina. Malkon whose sister nephews and cousins were killed in Poland under Eichmann s orders was one of the first people to discover that one of the Century s most sinister figures was essentially a colourless Ordinary Man. Here i see a Man like you and me said Malkin staring into the distance Asha envisioned the bedroom of the Villa where Eichmann was manacled by the leg to a bed. I had held his hand and i wondered How could this be t tried to imagine 6 million a Row of 6 million waiting Tor their trains and it did t work. I could t see ii. It was t Malkon describes his occupation today As a consultant with expertise in Security and he is so years old and barrel Erma Bombeck chested. He Speaks English with a hebrew accent and when interviewed he Chain smoked cigarettes and sipped Mineral Weller born in British mandate Palestine Malkin said his earliest memories were of the 1930s. When his family returned to live among relatives in Poland. They Letl again shortly before the 1939 German invasion but Malkon s sister her three children and dozens of his childhood friends were left behind. My Mother said look look at them Good because you will never see them again " Malkin said. At i he age of 14, Malkin joined lha jewish underground and he served As an army sapper during Israel s War of Independence in 1948. Malkin said he had been a Veteran of Covert operations by the time Eichmann was found in Argentina. The israeli government believed Eichmann had to be kidnapped without Argentina s knowledge because Legal extradition was Likely to fall. In his Book on the Eichmann Mission laser Harel the chief executive of Israel s secret service identified Malkon As Eli Yuval and said he was selected for his strength and his ability with disguises. On one Friday night before he left he disguised himself is a foreign student using a device that changed the appearance of his Mouth and the sound of his voice and showed up in time Tor dinner Al his Mother s House to Haifa. For several minutes to said he had her convinced that he was a stranger visiting at the request of her son. When he revealed his identity his Mother was startled. Later that evening his Mother guessed that he was going away on an important Mission he said. She would not believe his rentals. Even a secret agent Malkon said can t. Lie to a jewish Eichmann had been living in Argentina under the assumed name of Ricardo Clement since 1950, a team of More than a dozen israeli agents converged on Buenos Aires from various european cities to the Spring of 1960, and on May 11 they moved to capture Eichmann As he walked trom the Stop on his commuter bus to his Home on a quiet suburban Street. The agents carried no weapons and hid their plans and identifies from Argentine authorities. Of Loti Tinow Hiow Peter Malkin the or Atli agent who captured Adelf Eichmann in 1960, at hit Home in Manhattan. A t last women who Are born to shop have a poster child. A Sunn Long Brunette formerly of Manila who can say charge in 15 languages. Is she a victim of credit card commercials is she a woman who hates to do hand washable or is she a woman who will eventually become a Folk heroine and appear in a musical called Imelda and sing Don cry for my. Valentino. I say do not Ludge Imelda Marcos until you have walked in her a.700 pairs of shoes who among us has not suffered credit card Burns Over 70 percent of our bodies on a Given Day who does not have a closet full of dresses in three sizes who has not spent three weeks in a City we Ghoul Ever leaving the hotel gift shop the disease that has had no name until now is called impulse buying syndrome ibs Complete with a support group called debtors Anonymous that says Imelda Marcos is not alone. According to the school of consumer and family affairs Al Purdue University in Indiana about one half of All consumer purchases Are made on impulse. Ii you re a woman who can t window shop without buying the window take heed to their suggestions. Keep a shopping list with you at All times and buy nothing that is not on he list. Don t put off buying important items unlit the last minute and shop when you Are not rushed. Don t carry a lot of Cash and keep your Money in hard to reach places. And before you buy something Stop and think How Many hours you will have to work to pay for the item. Somehow these seem rather simplistic solutions Tor a shopper like Imelda who spent $4.s million in two months $10,430 on bed sheets in one Day. The in syndrome could warrant some drastic measures like tying the shopper to a chair in a room the moment she hits a City. Or taking away her Palace and giving her a smaller closet Tor storage of her purchases or maybe making her Wear the same dress for a year to keep her Humble. Compulsion shopping is not a new malady if you doubt it just sit Al the Airport sometime and watch returning vacationers roam through customs lugging painted Facas on Coconut Heads cot fee tables supported by elephant feet and sombreros in Black velvet and Silver the size of a satellite dish. Sporadic shopping attacks Are brought about by boredom the excitement of owning something new a picker upper to gel you out of a Lunk. And a real behaviour disorder that compels you to buy things you Don t need and will never use. Having said All of that i have to admit that since the exile of Imelda and her Black Belt in shopping i have this recurring fantasy. To be her Avon lady Lic in lot Annu time s
