Avner W. Less was an Israeli police

Israel Police

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 officer, born in Berlin

Berlin

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, Germany

Germany

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. When the former SS

Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...

 officer Adolf Eichmann

Adolf Eichmann

Adolf Otto Eichmann was a German Nazi and SS-Obersturmbannführer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust...

 was kidnapped by Mossad

Mossad

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 agents in Argentina

Argentina

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 and brought to Israel for trial

Trial

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, Avner Less was Eichmann's interrogator

Interrogation

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Extracts from Less's interrogation of Eichmann have been published in the book Eichmann Interrogated

Eichmann Interrogated

Eichmann Interrogated is a book containing selections from the pre-trial interrogation of high-ranking former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann.-Synopsis:...

(ISBN: 0-88619-017-7).

The 2007 film Eichmann

Eichmann (film)

Eichmann is a biographical film detailing the interrogation of Otto Adolf Eichmann. Directed by Robert Young, the film stars Thomas Kretschmann as Eichmann and Troy Garity as Eichmann's Israeli interrogator, Avner Less...

dramatises Eichmann's interrogation. The part of Avner Less was played by Troy Garity

Troy Garity

Troy Garity is an American film actor. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Barry Winchell in the 2003 television movie Soldier's Girl, but may be best known for his role as Isaac Rosenberg in the Barbershop films.-Early life and...

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