Adolf Eichmann

On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad

Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.

 Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.
Declassified documents about Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, who fled to Argentina after World War II.

Argentina declassifies 1,850 documents about Nazi activities in the country

 EICHMANN: THE Devil Speaks.

Opera brings Eichmann’s trial to the stage in dramatic world premiere

 Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.

Milei to open Argentina’s Nazi ratline archives, urged to reveal Holocaust records


‘Operation Finale’ retells the Eichmann kidnapping for a new generation

This fact-based story is a carefully executed retelling of the Israeli operation to catch Eichmann in Buenos Aires.

A scene from 'Operation Finale' starring Ben Kingsley as Adolf Eichmann

New Eichmann film puts the lie to Hannah Arendt’s ‘banality of evil’

It was not necessary for Hannah Arendt to actually observe and listen to Eichmann because to do so would undercut her thesis.

A scene from 'Operation Finale' starring Ben Kingsley as Adolf Eichmann

Stranger than fiction

‘Operation Finale’ is a color-by-numbers post-WWII political thriller

‘Operation Finale’ is a color-by-numbers post-WWII political thriller

Ben Kingsley: I carried a photo of Elie Wiesel on 'Operation Finale' set

Actor Nick Kroll said the film about the capture of Adolf Eichmann was a victory story 'rife with questions of morality.'

A scene from 'Operation Finale' starring Ben Kingsley as Adolf Eichmann

Comedy Central tells the 'Drunk History' story of Eichmann's capture

The show tells the tale of the Mossad operation, featuring Rachel Bloom, Tony Hale and Weird Al Yankovic.

Actress Rachel Bloom

A first look at Hollywood’s ‘Operation Finale’

Film about the Mossad capture of Adolf Eichmann set to hit theaters this fall.

SUPREME COURT judges deliberate in the courthouse at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am before delivering their verdict at the appeal of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1961

The Mossad's greatest hits: From Eichmann to al-Batsh

Reflect on a range of famous operations allegedly pulled off by the Mossad over the years.

The Mossad's greatest hits

How a glass house saved Jews

Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was captured in Argentina, tried in Jerusalem and executed in Ramle in 1962, the survivors recognized a need to relate their experiences.

Left to right: Model of a Berlin synagogue, built by Holocaust survivor Hanan Weissman, Model of synagogue in Nierjehazha, Hungary, also built by Weissman. David Leitner is from this village and Model of synagogue in Wadowice, Poland; Weissman created it as a birthday present for his wife

A dramatic, action-packed 2018

Hollywood will be taking on at least four thrilling Mossad operations in films slated for next year.

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Argentina’s Jews had key role in Eichmann’s capture, Mossad agent says

“The Jewish community helped. It’s not something we publish but the Jewish community certainly helped... "

Adolf Eichmann sits during his trial in Jerusalem, 1961.