The star of "Fiddler on the Roof" also had a secret life like a spy, claims the family

Chaim Topol served as a spy for Mossad while working as an actor.


He remembers the best of his role in the 1971 cinematic version of roof violin , but Chaim Topol's The family has just revealed that he had a top secret job in addition to acting. In a new interview with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz , The wife and the children of Topol claim that he was secretly a spy for Mossad - also known as the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations - which is the National Intelligence Agency for Israel.

The interview occurs a month after the death of Topol in March at 87 years old. Relatives of the actor said they did not know what they would find when they are going through his personal effects, since they were a long -believed that he was a spy. Read the rest to find out what they could confirm.

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Topol was an acclaimed actor.

Topol in 1967
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Chaim Topol - which was known just as Topol - of his film career in Israel in the 1960s. He was acclaimed in the United States, starting with his role in the 1964 film Sallah Shabati For which he won a Golden Globe Award for the most promising newcomer.

In 1971, Topol played in the film adaptation of the roof violin . He had already played in the stage musical in West End of London. For the role of film, he was nominated for the Academy Award for best actor. He then received a Tony appointment for the leading actor in a musical in 1991 when he played the role in Broadway.

Family members believe that he was a spy.

Topol with his wife and son in 1967
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In The interview with Haaretz ( via The independent ), Topol's family said it was involved in "secret missions" for Mossad.

"I do not know exactly what is the appropriate definition for the missions and duties he has exercised," said Topol's son Omit . "But what is clear is that dad was involved in secret missions in the name of Mossad."

Topol widow, Galia , said that her late husband "was a kind of coverage" for operations involving the secret agent and the Mossad officer Peter Zvi Malkin , died in 2005.

Topol's daughter, ADI , said that Malkin "would come to London and live with [the family] when he needed it" and that Topol "would help Zvika with all kinds of things he wanted to check - as an access point, programs of registration and security agreements. "

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Her daughter was wary of looking through her personal effects.

Topol at a
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Adi said Haaretz that she was anxious to browse her father's property after her death. "Who knows what I'm going to find there?" Adi said. "Maybe secret listening devices and hidden cameras."

The family also told the publication they noticed that Topol would take a small camera and a recording device during travel.

As indicated by Deadline, They also said they had witnessed He disturbs the embassy of an unnamed Arab country and claiming that he was a dental patient to provide an excuse for drilling noise.

They said it was well suited to be a spy.

Topol at the SeriousFun London Gala 2013
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Galia said Haaretz This Topol had the features necessary to work in secret for Mossad. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"What has always motivated Chaimkeh [Topol] are ants in his pants, his adventure and his courage. Therefore, no one was no longer appropriate than him to be involved even in questions that are not discussed" , she said.

Omer explained his father (on the deadline), "his status during these years was that of an international star, and he could go wherever he wanted. He had the capacity to deliver documents and take photos Without anyone questioning. But he was not James Bond or something like that! "


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