By Klaus Wiegrefe – Spiegel Online International
March 31, 2011
Adolf Eichmann was the chief organizer behind the Nazi mass murder of Europe’s Jews. Following the end of the war, he found refuge in a village in northern Germany before ultimately escaping to Argentina. Documents unknown until now show that he could have been captured earlier than he was — if West Germany had been interested.
Fifty years ago, one of the most spectacular trials of the 20th century began in Jerusalem: The State of Israel vs. Adolf Eichmann. The proceedings against the former SS Obersturmbahnführer, who organized the deportations of millions of Jews to Nazi extermination camps, brought the Holocaust to the center of global attention.
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