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Zvi Aharoni
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Zvi Aharoni (born 1921 ) He was born in Frankfurt (Oder) , Germany as Hermann Arendt.1 He was an Israeli Mossad agent who was instrumental in the capture of Adolf Eichmann .2 He is the Mossad agent who identified "Ricardo Klement" to be Eichmann.3
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born in frankfurt
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israeli shin bet agent instrumental in the capture of adolf eichmann
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