Eichmann Is Tried for War Crimes
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Crime, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Human Rights, Holocaust
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Jerusalem
- Date: April-August, 1961
Article abstract: Adolf Eichmann, the man most responsible for executing six million Jews in concentration camps during World War II, was captured by Israeli agents in Argentina and tried in Israel.
Summary of Event
Headlights blinded the slightly built, middle-aged man as he began walking the short distance from the bus stop to his rented house in a suburb of Buenos Aires. Suddenly three men grabbed him, forced him into a car, and sped away. The kidnapped man was Adolf Eichmann. As commander of the Reich Security Head Office, he was indirectly...
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