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  1. Benjamin Halevy. Yitzhak Raveh. The Eichmann trial was the 1961 trial in Israel of major Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann who was captured in Argentina by Israeli agents and brought to Israel to stand trial. [1] The capturing of Eichmann was criticized by the United Nations, calling it a "violation of the sovereignty of a Member State".

  2. Jul 16, 2021 · Eichmann Trial. Adolf Eichmann was one of the most pivotal actors in the implementation of the “Final Solution.”. Charged with managing and facilitating the mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and killing centers in the German-occupied East, he was among the major organizers of the Holocaust. His 1961 trial in Jerusalem, Israel, sparked ...

  3. THE TRIAL. Adolf Eichmann, a former Nazi officer, was discovered in hiding in Argentina by Mossad, Israel’s secret service, in the late 1950s. He was captured and taken back to Israel by Mossad agents in 1960. In 1961, he was put on trial before a specially-convened tribunal in a newly-constructed theater in Jerusalem.

  4. The trial of Adolf Eichmann, held in Jerusalem in 1961 and 1962, riveted the attention of the Israeli public and aroused great interest the world over. This was the first time that the Holocaust was presented to a competent judicial body in full detail, in all its stages and from all its aspects. Journalists from many countries converged upon Jerusalem to cover the trial, and international public opinion followed its course with concentration; the trial gave rise to discussions on a great ...

  5. May 27, 2024 · Adolf Eichmann (born March 19, 1906, Solingen, Germany—died May 31, 1962, Tel Aviv, Israel) was a German high official who was hanged by the State of Israel for his part in the Holocaust, the Nazi extermination of Jews during World War II. During World War I, Eichmann’s family moved from Germany to Linz, Austria.

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  6. Adolf Eichmann (19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a leading member of the Nazi Party in charge of organising mass deportations of Jews to ghettos, concentration camps, and extermination camps. At the end of the war, Eichmann was captured by the United States (although his identity remained unknown as he used a false name) and placed in a camp for SS officials in Germany.

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  8. The trial of Adolf Eichmann, held in Jerusalem in 1961 and 1962, riveted the attention of the Israeli public and aroused great interest the world over. This was the first time that the Holocaust was presented to a competent judicial body in full detail, in all its stages and from all its aspects.