Wachtel, Julius

Julius ('Jay') Wachtel was born in Italy. Two weeks later he and his parents, both Holocaust survivors, moved to Buenos Aires. A decade later the family emigrated to the U.S. and settled in Los Angeles. His mother's liberation by Soviet troops led Jay to develop an interest in Russia. After serving in Vietnam, Jay embarked on a career in Federal law enforcement. Along the way he took a break to earn a Ph.D. in criminal justice at the State University of New York at Albany. Now retired from the government he enjoys a second calling, as a lecturer in criminal justice at California State Universi...