Adolf Eichmann kidnapped in Argentina | History Today
WebMay 5, 2010 · Eichmann was captured in Argentina on May 11th, 1960. The Red Cross identitity document Adolf Eichmann used to enter Argentina under the fake name Ricardo Klement in 1950, issued by the Italian delegation of the Red Cross of Geneva. It was Eichmann who inspired Hannah Arendt's phrase ‘the banality of evil’.
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WebRed Cross passport for "Ricardo Klement", used by Eichmann to enter Argentina in 1950. In 1948, Eichmann obtained a landing permit for Argentina and false identification under the name Ricardo Klement through an organisation directed by Bishop Alois Hudal, an Austrian cleric and Nazi sympathiser then residing in Italy.
Operation Eichmann. Adolf Eichmann was captured in Argentina …
WebAfter seizing Eichmann close to his Garibaldi street home in a suburb of Buenos Aires, his captors rushed him to a place of concealment. Under interrogation, Eichmann admitted his true identity and signed a document giving his consent to stand trial in Israel. Eleven days later he was clandestinely flown to Israel on an El Al airliner.
Adolf Eichmann | Role in the Holocaust, Trial, & Death
WebMar 15, 2024 · After living in Germany under a false identity for several years, Eichmann made his way via Austria and Italy to Argentina, where he settled in 1958. He was arrested by Israeli secret service agents near Buenos Aires , Argentina , on May 11, 1960; nine days later they smuggled him out of the country and took him to Israel.
The Daring Israeli Spy Operation to Capture Nazi Mass Murderer Adolf …
WebMay 2, 2019 · The man in the back seat was one of the world’s most notorious war criminals: Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi official who helped Germany carry out the mass murder of 6 million Jews during World War II....
The Capture of Nazi Criminal Adolf Eichmann – Operation …
WebOn July 12, 1960, two months after Eichmann’s abduction, his wife Veronica went to the Argentine Federal Court and denounced her husband’s kidnapping and provided documents showing Eichmann’s entry into Argentina.
Operation Finale's True Story and the Real Eichmann Trial | TIME
WebAug 29, 2018 · The story of how Eichmann was apprehended in Argentina in May of 1960 is the subject of the new movie Operation Finale. But the capture was, in many ways, only one part of the historical...
High-ranking Nazi official Adolf Eichmann captured - HISTORY
WebJul 21, 2010 · Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer who organized Adolf Hitler’s “final solution of the Jewish question,” was seized by Israeli agents in Argentina on May 11 and smuggled to Israel nine days later.
The True Story of “Operation Finale” - Smithsonian Magazine
WebAug 28, 2018 · The daring mission to smuggle Eichmann out of Argentina is told in Operation Finale, a new film directed by Chris Weitz, which opens on August 29. The movie covers the entire operation, from...
How South America Became a Nazi Haven | HISTORY
WebNov 12, 2015 · Klement was actually Adolf Eichmann, the notorious Nazi SS lieutenant colonel who masterminded the transport of European Jews to concentration camps. And the men with the limo were Israeli...
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