took Brazilian citizenship and studied philosophy. He began his career as a journalist in 1959 with the newspaper “Estado de São Paulo.” He married Clarice Ribeiro Chaves shortly before the coup d’état, on February 15, 1964. 56 114. Following the coup d’état, in 1965, the couple went to live in London for a little more than two years during which Vladimir worked as a BBC producer and broadcaster and they had their two children: André and Ivo. In 1968, he returned to Brazil and worked as cultural editor of the weekly publication “Visão.” In 1972, he moved to TV Cultura to work as editor of a news program, and then became Director of the channel’s journalism department. 57 115. In addition to being a journalist and playwright, Herzog was also a member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB). 58 C. Operation Radar 116. Operation Radar was created as an offensive of the security forces to combat and dismantle the PCB and its members. However, the Operation was not limited to detentions, it was also aimed at killing the PCB leaders. 59 The Operation began in 1973, headed by the Army Information Center (CIE) together with the Second Army’s DOI-CODI. 60 The offensive operated between March 1974 and January 1976. 117. The Second Army’s DOI was notorious for being one of the worst and most violent centers of political repression during the dictatorship and, in particular, during the time that Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra was in command. It was during this time that the greatest number of acknowledged cases of torture, summary executions and disappearances of political opponents was recorded. The Second Army’s DOI detained 2,541 people and received 914 prisoners sent by other agencies. It has been acknowledged that the DOI executed 54 victims and 1,348 prisoners were transferred to the State Department of Political and Social Order (DEOPS). 61 118. It is believed that the “final attack” on the PCB in São Paulo began on September 29, 1975, when José Montenegro de Lima was detained, tortured and killed. Dozens of people were detained in the following days. 62 Statement by Clarice Herzog during the public hearing; Direito à Memória e à Verdade: Special Commission on Political Deaths and Disappearances (evidence file, folios 405 and 406). Report of the National Truth Commission (evidence file, folio 3299); Committee of Families of the Political Disappeared. "1975: Vladimir Herzog." in: Dossier of the Dicttoship: Political Deaths and Disappearances in Brazil, 1964-1985. 2nd edition, 2007 (evidence file, folios 3976 and 3977). 56 57 Markun, Paulo. Meu querido Vlado. A história de Vladimir Herzog e do sonho de uma geração (evidence file, folios 8748 to 8751); Committee of Families of the Political Disappeared. "1975: Vladimir Herzog" (evidence file, folio 3977). 58 Direito à Memória e à Verdade: Special Commission on Political Deaths and Disappearances (evidence file, folios 405 and 407); Report of the National Truth Commission (evidence file, folios 1004 and 3299); Committee of Families of the Political Disappeared. "1975: Vladimir Herzog" (evidence file, folio 3977); Pages devoted to Vladimir Herzog in the publication “Direito à memória e à verdade” (evidence file, folio 10337.3); Markun, Paulo. Meu querido Vlado. A história de Vladimir Herzog e do sonho de uma geração (evidence file, folios 8759 to 8767). 59 Report of the National Truth Commission (evidence file, folio 3317). 60 Report of the National Truth Commission (evidence file, folio 3273). 61 Federal Public Prosecution Service, Crimes da Ditadura Militar, p. 228 (evidence file, folio 14425). Markun, Paulo. Meu querido Vlado. A história de Vladimir Herzog e do sonho de uma geração, pp. 111 to 137 (evidence file, folios 8782 a 8795). 62 25