The alleged “Israeli agent” reported recently to have been murdered in Peru, near the Brazilian border, while “presumably” engaged in tracing Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz selection doctor, was identified here today by Interpol as a woman, Nora Eldock.However, the Yiddische Presse, a Jewish newspaper here, immediately denied that report, stating that Nora Eldock died in an accident in Argentine two years ago. The newspaper said she was an Israeli citizen.
The Yiddische Presse severely criticized the Brazilian branch of Interpol for the report about Nora Eldock’s alleged involvement as an “Israeli agent, ” declaring that report was an illustration of the “confusion” rampant in police circles here regarding the Mengele case. “Such confusion only contributes further to Mengele’s ability to escape arrest, ” the Yiddische Presse charged.
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