Nachlass Avner W. Less papers

Avner Less (Dec.18,1916 - Jan.7,1987), an Israeli police captain and interrogator of Adolf Eichmann, born in Berlin, Germany. In 1933 emigrates in to France, and later to Palestine. Starting from1948, Less holds several Israeli government civil service positions, including the head of the import-export section in the commerce and industry ministry, and deputy director of the legal department of the price control office for the Haifa district. In 1951 Less becomes the police inspector in the white-collar crime section. From 1954-1968 Less serves in the Israel foreign service as attaché and consul in New York and Paris as well as the permanent representative of Israel at the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs and as Israel’s liaison officer to Interpol. From 1961 to 1961 the police captain Avner Less interrogates Adolf Eichmann in preparation for his trial in Jerusalem. In 1968 Less moves to Switzerland where he works until 1971 at the "Banque de Crédit International Genève." From 1972 to 1975 Less is responsible for the internal security and personnel matters at the “Bank Robinson AG” in Basel. From 1976 to 1979 Less works at the "Gesellschaft für Bankrevisionen" in Basel. In 1979, Less becomes the nternal auditor of the "Neutra Treuhand AG" in Zürich. Dies in Zürich, Switzerland.

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland; Signature: Nachlass Avner W. Less.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Programs in Nov. 2011.