Max Klein

Background
Max Klein was a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp in World War II when he was a young man.

Key Events
He saw a man at Auschwitz and believed he saw him again late in his life. He told Eli Lavon about the sighting and believed the explosion at Wartime Claims and Inquiries was his fault. He subsequently related all that had happened to Gabriel Allon. He was killed shortly thereafter in a manner meant to suggest suicide.