Background
Yaron Svoray was born in 1954, in Israel. He is a son of Yehuda Soberski and Rachel Stern.
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Yaron Svoray at Moraine Park Technical College.
235 N National Ave, Fond du Lac, WI 54935, United States
Yaron Svoray at Moraine Park Technical College.
(An Israeli journalist tells how he went undercover to inf...)
An Israeli journalist tells how he went undercover to infiltrate Germany's neo-Nazi movement, revealing a highly organized group, whose members include politicians and wealthy American patrons, all of whom were unrepentant about Germany's past.
https://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Shadow-Israelis-Germanys-Neo-Nazi/dp/0385472846
1994
(An investigative journalist travels from Thailand to Fran...)
An investigative journalist travels from Thailand to France and to suburban America in search of the shocking world of snuff pornography, describing this small, fragmented, but very real business, that trades in illicit sex and death.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684814455/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(This book tells a story of the Life Diamonds' journey acr...)
This book tells a story of the Life Diamonds' journey across continents and oceans, from the mines of South Africa to the diamond centers in Antwerp and Amsterdam, to the Jews of Eastern Europe and to the Death Camps.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765307952/?tag=2022091-20
2003
(This movie was based on Yaron's book "In Hitler’s Shadow:...)
This movie was based on Yaron's book "In Hitler’s Shadow: An Israeli's Amazing Journey Inside Germany's Neo-Nazi Movement".
https://www.amazon.com/Infiltrator-Oliver-Platt/dp/B00005MFK0/?tag=2022091-20
1995
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Yaron Svoray was born in 1954, in Israel. He is a son of Yehuda Soberski and Rachel Stern.
Yaron received his bachelor's and master's degrees in media and communication, studying in New York City.
During his early years, Yaron served in the Paratroopers Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces. Later, after military service, he was appointed a detective in the Israeli Central Police Command.
Between 1992 and 1993, Yaron Svoray went "underground". Changing his name and adopting the identity of an ultra-right wing American reporter, he travelled to Germany and infiltrated a collection of splinter groups, that both practiced and promoted the violent racism, characteristic of that country’s neo-Nazi movement. Yaron convinced the members of those neo-Nazi groups, that he wanted to join them. Svoray's later investigation brought him into contact with key neo-Nazi leaders.
Recounting the details of his adventure in the third person, Svoray and his co-author Nick Taylor wrote a book "In Hitler’s Shadow: An Israeli's Amazing Journey Inside Germany’s Neo-Nazi Movement", which was published in 1994. Sections of film footage and taped conversations, that Svoray managed to record undetected, served as both the foundation of this book and as inspiration for "The Infiltrator", a fictional dramatization of Svoray’s adventure, directed by John MacKenzie, which aired on HBO in 1995.
Also, with financial backing from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Los Angeles-based organization, dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism, Svoray was able to enhance his disguise by convincing those neo-Nazi leaders, that he could funnel money to their organizations. Because of the opportunity he offered, Svoray was allowed to observe training camps in operation and was welcomed at other skinhead organizational activities. He eventually documented connections between German neo-Nazis and other European fascist groups, and discovered instances, where neo-Nazi activities were undertaken with the knowledge of the German police, and where proponents of violence were quietly forming constituencies within mainstream German politics.
In his later years, when Yaron was still working undercover, he gathered the intelligence, that helped to capture and arrest a Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke.
In 2007, Yaron found the dumping ground for the destroyed remains of Jewish property, plundered during Kristallnacht. The dump, situated in a forest in Brandenburg, is the size of several football fields and thought to contain an extensive range of personal and ceremonial items, although only a small number of items were dug up.
In 2013, Svoray joined the group, which was looking for boxes full of gold, dumped into the Stolpsee lake in Germany. Later, the project was filmed by National Geographic.
During his career, he also traveled across Europe and the United States, lecturing to police organizations, universities, and conducting seminars about international terrorism.
Yaron Svoray gained prominence for his occupation as a police detective, who worked against Neo-Nazis. He is best known for his six-month infiltration of Germany's neo-Nazi groups and his subsequent book "In Hitler’s Shadow: An Israeli's Amazing Journey Inside Germany’s Neo-Nazi Movement", which was based on the experience he got during these months of the infiltration.
Svoray contributed significantly to the arrest and capture of a Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke.
Moreover, Yaron became known as a hunter for Nazi-era diamonds.
(An Israeli journalist tells how he went undercover to inf...)
1994(An investigative journalist travels from Thailand to Fran...)
1997(This book tells a story of the Life Diamonds' journey acr...)
2003(This movie was based on Yaron's book "In Hitler’s Shadow:...)
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