Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Michael & Mishal Bar-Zohar

Author:Michael & Mishal Bar-Zohar [Bar-Zohar, Michael & Mishal, Nissim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Intelligence & Espionage, Political Science, History
ISBN: 9780062123404
Publisher: Ecco

In Paris, Kunzle again met Yariv and his friends, and they immediately started to prepare the operation. It was decided that Cukurs would be executed in Montevideo, for a few reasons; in Brazil, Cukurs was protected by the local police, and that could create some problems; in Brazil, the large Jewish community was vulnerable to attacks by neo-Nazis or Germans seeking revenge; and finally, in Brazil the death penalty was still legal, and if a hit team was caught and tried, they could be killed.

The hit team consisted of five agents and was headed by Yoske Yariv himself. One of the agents was Ze’ev Amit (Slutzky), a cousin of the ramsad, Meir Amit; the other members were Kunzle, Arye Cohen (not his real name), and Eliezer Sudit (Sharon), who also got an Austrian passport in the name of Oswald Taussig.

The team members arrived in Montevideo in February 1965. Oswald Taussig rented a green Volkswagen; he also rented a small house, the Casa Cubertini, on Cartagena Street, in the Carrasco neighborhood. At the last moment, Yariv charged him with a chilling task: to buy a large trunk, like the travel trunks that were used in the nineteenth century. The trunk would be used as a makeshift coffin for the Nazi’s body when the operation was over.

Kunzle invited Cukurs to Montevideo again.

On February 15, 1965, Cukurs went to police headquarters and was received by an officer Alcido Cintra Bueno Filho. “I am a businessman,” the Latvian said. “For several years I’ve been under the protection of the Brazilian police, because I have good reason to fear for my life. Now a European business partner is asking me to travel to Montevideo to meet him. What do you think, can I travel to Uruguay? Isn’t it risky?”

“Don’t go!” the officer firmly said. “Here you live in peace because we protect you. But don’t forget—the moment you leave Brazil, you aren’t protected anymore. You expose yourself to your enemies. And if you’ve got enemies, I assume that they haven’t forgotten you.”

Cukurs thought awhile, seemed to hesitate, but finally got up and said: “I was always a brave man. I am not afraid. I know how to defend my life. I always carry a gun. And believe me—in spite of all the years that have passed, I still am a fine shot.”

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