The Execution of the Hangman of Riga: The Only Execution of a Nazi War Criminal by the Mossad

reprint stiff wrappers As New octavo xxiv + 144pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, An internationally acclaimed aviation pioneer, Herbert Cukurs, running a hydroplanes rental company out of Sao Paolo, Brazil, liked his new customer: an Austrian businessman, who asked for a short sightseeing flight. The pilot had no idea that his customer was not Austrian but a top agent in the Israeli Mossad, working under cover to set the trap for Cukurs - a criminal personally responsible for the murder of over 30,000 innocent Jews.