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Otto Adolf Eichmann, [a] the eldest of five children, was born in 1906 to a Calvinist family in Solingen, Germany. [7] His parents were Adolf Karl Eichmann, a bookkeeper, and Maria (née Schefferling), a housewife.
The Eichmann trial was the 1961 trial in Israel of major Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann who was kidnapped in Argentina by Israeli agents and brought to Israel to stand trial. [1] Eichmann was a senior Nazi party member and served at the rank of Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-Colonel) in the SS , and was one of the people primarily ...
Operation Finale is a 2018 American historical drama thriller film directed by Chris Weitz from a screenplay by Matthew Orton about a 1960 clandestine operation by Israeli commandos to capture former SS officer Adolf Eichmann, and transport him to Jerusalem for trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
Dr. Mario Amadeo, Argentina’s delegation chairman, was asked sharply for a “yes or no” answer by Soviet delegation chairman Arkady A. Sobolev in regard to the demand he voiced in the Council the previous day for Eichmann’s return and punishment of those guilty of abducting the Nazi from Argentina. Dr.
Nagar was one of 22 handpicked "Eichmann guards". The prime minister at the time, David Ben-Gurion, ensured that the Eichmann guards were Sephardic, as he was truly concerned that Ashkenazi Jews whose families were killed in The Holocaust would be motivated to harm the prisoner. Suicide watch was a key duty. These guards were also charged with ...
Fearing that an open diplomatic request for his extradition might lead to another disappearance, the Mossad, with the knowledge of the Prime Minister, organized the kidnapping of Eichmann and his transfer to Israel. The operation was led personally by Mossad Director Isser Harel. [104] In Israel, Eichmann was tried and sentenced to death.
Adolf Eichmann, 1942. Reich Security Head Office Referat IV B4, known as RSHA IV B4 (German: Eichmannreferat [] IV D4 until March 1941, or Judenreferat), was a sub-department of Germany's Reich Security Head Office [a] (Reichssicherheitshauptamt or RSHA) and the Gestapo during the Holocaust. [1]
Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi is a book by Neal Bascomb. It chronicles the efforts to capture Adolf Eichmann , a top official in the SS during World War II and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust , in the years following the war.