The hunt and trial against war criminal Adolf Eichmann - from Argentina to Israel

In May 1960 a mass murderer is abducted on a street in Buenos Aires. The man is snatched by agents of the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad. His name is Adolf Eichmann. He didn't kill his victims in person but is nonetheless responsible for the murder of millions of Jews in the Holocaust. A story about justice, Nazi hunters, a court trial that captured the world’s attention, and made a legend of this woman: Hannah Arendt. The Jewish philosopher followed the trial closely and recognized in Eichmann what she called “the banality of evil“. Report: Andrea Horakh Edit: Andreas Hyronimus Producer: Matthias Frickel 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Title: How to Catch a Nazi - Eichmann and Evil 03:37 Who is Eichmann? 05:27 A Nice Life for Nazis 06:20 Hunting the Executioner 08:07 Operation Finale - The Coup 12:45 The Trial 18:01 Evil and Us #dwhistoryandculture For more visit: https://www.dw.com/en/culture/s-1441 Please follow DW's netiquette: https://p.dw.com/p/MF1G