Mark Aarons

Mark Aarons (born December 25, 1951 in Newcastle (New South Wales) , Australia ) is an Australian broadcaster , journalist and author .

Career

Aarons grew up in Fairfield , a suburb of Sydney , and was already politically active in school in the mid-1960s, organizing protests in high school against the Vietnam War and campaigning against racism and for educational reform. For many years he campaigned for the independence of East Timor, which was occupied by Indonesia from 1975 to 1999 . Aarons was part of an Australian delegation that visited what was then Portuguese Timor in March 1975 , which was being prepared for independence. The Indonesian invasion took place in December .

Aarons was a member of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) from 1969 to 1978 and a member of the Young Communists in 1971. He left the party after Aarons lost faith in the validity of communist ideals in the face of late 20th century capitalism. he and his family have long been under surveillance by the Australian Secret Service, the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO). The ASIO files on the Aarons, who had been communists for four generations, comprised 3,200 pages.

From 1973 to 1990, Aarons worked as a broadcaster for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and producer of investigative documentaries. He has also written several books and articles for the leading newspapers in Australia. He dealt with the support of Australia's German war criminals from the time of National Socialism , who found a new home in Australia. He also addressed the unsuccessful secret service operations in the Cold War by “Nazi networks” in the Vatican and the connections to Swiss banks with “ Nazi gold ”. In 1986 Aarons produced the ABC radio documentary series "Nazis in Australia". From 1996 to 2006, Aarons was chief advisor to the Australian Labor Party- led government of the Australian state of New South Wales .

family

Mark Aarons father Laurence Aarons was party leader of the Communist Party of Australia. Mark had two brothers, John and Brian, who also became a well-known Australian communist.

Awards

On May 6, 2015, Aarons was awarded the Medal des Ordem de Timor-Leste by President Taur Matan Ruak in recognition of his commitment to the independence of East Timor.

Publications

• The Family File , Melbourne: Black Inc., 2010.
• War Criminals Welcome: Australia, a Sanctuary for War Criminals Since 1945 , Melbourne: Black Inc., 2001.
• The Secret War Against the Jews: How Western Espionage Betrayed the Jewish People , with John Loftus ; St. Martin's Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-312-15648-0 .
• Ratlines: How the Vatican's Nazi Networks Betrayed Western Intelligence to the Soviets , with John Loftus; William Heinemann, 1991 (US edition: Unholy Trinity: How the Vatican's Nazi Networks Betrayed Western Intelligence to the Soviets , with John Loftus, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992). 372 pages.
  • Unholy trinity: the Vatican, the Nazis, and the Swiss banks , with John Loftus, New and rev. ed .; New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1998.
• Sanctuary Nazi Fugitives in Australia , 1990.
• The Show: Another Side of Santamaria's Movement , Ed. John Grenville, 2018.
• Timor Leste: A Western Tragedy , with Robert Peter Domm , 1992.

Web links

• Essays by Mark Aarons on The Monthly
• ABC: Journalist Mark Aarons tells of life growing up under ASIO surveillance (audio)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Dynasties: Mark Aarons , January 2, 2006 , accessed November 4, 2019.
2. ↑ Black Inc. Books: Mark Aarons , accessed November 4, 2019.
3. ↑ Bob Boughton , Deborah Durnanand Antero Benedito da Silva: [1] , TL Studies, accessed November 5, 2019.
4. ↑ ABC: Journalist Mark Aarons tells of life growing up under ASIO surveillance , September 19, 2013 , accessed on November 4, 2019.
5. ↑ The Monthly: Mark Aarons , accessed November 4, 2019.
6. ↑ The Aarons family file by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation , accessed April 15, 2014
7. ↑ Decreto do Presidente da República n ° 43/2015 de 6 de Maio , accessed on September 18, 2019.