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Miriam Lewin - Horacio Lutzky
Iosi. The Reformed Spy

(Iosi. El espía arrepentido)

Commercial Non-Fiction / Divulgation

  • Published: 01/12/2015
  • ISBN: 9789500754392
  • 320 pages

This is the incredible story of a police spy who infiltrated into the Jewish community and ended up giving vital information to the perpetrators of the attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association. José, a young intelligence agent in the Federal Police, was trained in the early days of the democracy in order to infiltrate the institutions of the Argentine Jewish community and get all possible information about their activities, headquarters, projects, and plans.

About the author

Miriam Lewin is a journalist specializing in investigative journalism, primarily for radio and television. She has been nominated seven times for the Martín Fierro Prize in the categories of finest journalistic work for television, radio, and in print. 
 
Horacio Lutzky is a lawyer and journalist. He was the director of the Jewish newspaper Nueva Sión (1991-1995; 1999-2000) where Iosi’s wife was his secretary. He is also the author of a book of investigative journalism entitled Brindando sobre los escombros. La dirigencia judía y los atentados: entre la denuncia y el encubrimiento (2012).