Operation Anthropoid The Assassination Of The Nazi Butcher Of Prague This historical documentary reveals the hidden story behind one of the most secretive postwar missions ever carried out — the mossad operation to find and execute herberts cukurs, the “butcher. After participating in the bloodletting of riga’s killing fields, cukurs and his men traveled around latvia’s villages, towns and small cities, helping round up and murder jews.
Butcher In Riga Central Market Latvia High Res Stock Photo Getty Images Two decades after world war ii, cukurs was identified in brazil by a holocaust survivor, who attempted to alert the authorities after seeing cukurs' face on the cover of a magazine. In march 1965, his body was discovered in a suburb of montevideo, uruguay, the result of a covert israeli operation designed to bring the nazi war criminal to justice. One nazi the mossad did locate and assassinate was herbert cukurs, who served as a general in the ss and was known as the “butcher of riga” for murdering 30,000 latvian jews. Israel’s foreign intelligence agency the mossad, it was decided, would hunt down and kill herberts cukurs — the “butcher of riga” — who was accused of being personally responsible for the deaths of at least 30,000 latvian jews.
Latvia Again Closes Case Against Butcher Of Riga Tied To Mass Murder One nazi the mossad did locate and assassinate was herbert cukurs, who served as a general in the ss and was known as the “butcher of riga” for murdering 30,000 latvian jews. Israel’s foreign intelligence agency the mossad, it was decided, would hunt down and kill herberts cukurs — the “butcher of riga” — who was accused of being personally responsible for the deaths of at least 30,000 latvian jews. In this unique book a former senior mossad agent describes an operation carried out in 1964 65 to identify, locate and execute the notorious nazi war criminal herbert cukurs, who was personally. Israel’s foreign intelligence agency the mossad, it was decided, would hunt down and kill herberts cukurs — the “butcher of riga” — who was accused of being personally responsible for the deaths of at least 30,000 latvian jews. In a dramatic turn of events, herberts cukurs met his fate when a cunning spy successfully executed his assassination, bringing an end to the life of the notorious “butcher of riga” and ensuring that justice was served for the victims of his heinous crimes. Today’s guest, stephan talty, is author of the good assassin, which uncovers this little known chapter of holocaust history and the undercover operation that brought cukurs to justice.
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