The capture and trial of Adolf Eichmann

“Operation Finale” is a travelling exhibition that tells the story of the pursuit of the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, who made his way to Argentina after World War II. At his trial, Eichmann insisted that he was “just following orders” when he arranged for millions of European Jews to be transported to death camps. Jim Axelrod examines the actual glass booth that Eichmann sat in during his trial in Israel, and spoke with former Mossad agent Avner Abraham, who curated the exhibit, now at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg.
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[@joesc641]

Of all the women in Germany, his son had to pick the daughter of a survivor that recognized the last name.

[@brianmontero5934]

It was in Argentina, not in Germany

[@heydaddy2471]

I dont understand

[@dimitrijejovicic6491]

The way, the almighty God is giving us signs and pushes into the right direction.

[@heydaddy2471]

@Carl Yelland you sound gay

[@jaysanchez5350]

I’m surprised his son was dumb enough to use his original last name ??

[@thoughtsurferzone5012]

Imagine waking up every morning for 15 years, waiting for justice to get you.

[@dying101666]

lol... I'd follow him but do nothing just to watch him squirm. and have random people mention the holocaust and eichman to him.

[@DontBeMad911]

Huh?

[@boswellwhanau]

Your mistake is assuming this man was capable of feeling guilt. I do not believe he was ever capable of feeling anything for other humans.

[@maxoforce2920]

Imagine if u didn’t wake up

[@KingHaggis]

That's nothing compared to how he made his victims feel though...

[@timbarnes3581]

I am an old man now of 66 years of age, but I will never ever forget as a young boy in the 4th or 5th grade coming across a book in the library of my old elementary school and finding a book detailing Simon Wiesenthals efforts to document the atrociites of genocide committed by the Nazis. The book had the graphic descriptions and pictures of the death camps, and I remember just being so incredibly shocked in an almost state of disbelief that humans could commit such horrible acts. I still remain just as shocked today, but sadly humans seem to have this innate ability to show extreme savagery at times.

[@bridgettehutton646]

It is the same things I have often wondered...how could human beings inflict such atrocities on their fellow human being boggles my mind...I can't wrap my head around it such evil!!

[@aquila813apologetics3]

@@bridgettehutton646 It's no different to what they will do against the "evil unvaxxxed" in a few years. All under the guise of "just following orders"

[@nationalsocialist5526]

@@aquila813apologetics3 You should welcome what's coming

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

More like "all the time." I don't have a very high opinion of our species.

[@goblinslayer7096]

66 ain't that old.

[@ZiggyMercury]

There's something quite interesting they don't mention here about the operation to kidnap Eichmann to Israel: you see, this Mossad operation was done in Argentina, but Argentina wasn't notified about it and certainly did not agree to it. So, how could the Mossad "smuggle" Eichmann - against his will - out of Argentina? Thar's probably the most genius part of this entire operation. Those days (1960), "flag carrier" airlines were actually owned by the respective government, and so was "El Al", Israel Airlines. While "El Al" did not have any routine flights to Argentina, in 1960 Argentina celebrated its 150th anniversary of independence, and "El Al" brought the Israeli delegation that attended the event. Mossad used that Israeli airplane to get Eichmann out of Argentina, without the Argentinians noticing it: Eichmann was dressed up as a flight attendant and given a sedative. He was then carried by his "fellow flight attendants" - in reality, Mossad agents - through Buenos Aires airport security into the plane, with the agents managing to fool the airport personnel into thinking its simply a case of a flight attendant who had way too much to drink. Anyway, that's how the Mossad managed to smuggle a guy out of a country against that country's will and that guy's will, and without the use of military force or anything like that.

[@MOON-ht7xk]

Thanks

[@gerryreyes6153]

Punishment knows no rules.

[@shawngordon6626]

HOLY JEHOVAH thank you for keeping your people you pull out of your own body

[@drifter4training]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iobbmKCXZalrjqM

[@ecapone4389]

You’re a genious god bless you

[@rose080891]

"he escaped to Italy and then to Argentina" so we are going to skip over who helped him?

[@caveman1356]

The church has a lot to answer for

[@jacobpeters5458]

@@caveman1356 it's not the church just because the Vatican is there. Italy was the escape route to South America for anyone fleeing. it doesn't have to be anyone to help him in particular.

[@cosminmierlea8144]

Jacob Peters do your research about the church

[@rose080891]

@Jack Marston Child the Catholic church helped them escape and in Ireland the state and church were practically one at that time so I have no doubt the highest offices in Ireland knew what was going on.

[@jonahcaulton8208]

@@cosminmierlea8144 well actually the pope hid Jews in the Vatican so they were not that bad

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.'' Ernest Hemingway.

[@MRVISTA-wz7vj]

The irony of him being turned in by his own kid lol

[@lalboimanlun1230]

Gary Weaver not intentionally though.

[@EGT-kf2hu]

Imagine finding out your daughter was banging the son of your tormentor/ bane of your existence.

[@cyberhermit1222]

He wasn't turned in. No irony.

[@freemind5454]

It’s a set up,they are covering bro,Mossad set up the girl to approach his son ,not his son approach her.

[@lucycoldeine6371]

@@EGT-kf2hu imagine knowing that your daughter is the reason your bane got executed.

[@vitalekg]

My great grandfather died on the battlefield near Kiev in 1941, witnesses said he was crushed by the German tank in one of the trenches. And my grandfather who was only 18 fought in the east against Japanese in 1945. World War two had truly effected every family in soviet union. They fought and triumph so we could live today.

[@krabby1247]

he was a young father then

[@robredo]

yes, then you come to Czechoslovakia and no and no return home.

[@venkataramanjanardhanan3201]

Salute

[@sulil1938]

Your countries quality of life is RUBBISH because of communism. You think that the Allies winning the war was something worthy of a "so we could live today" statement? You would've been living a better life if under a German rule than a Soviet one. Look at the Eastern European countries now, LOW quality of life and a lot of poverty. Smh

[@vitalekg]

@Sami Almuntasr ja ja that's why they lost with their panzer lol. I wonder what ur grandfather was during ww2 if u get my drift shwaine

[@utapao74]

The movie “Operation Finale” with Ben Kingsley is very good.

[@operation1968]

I actually thought it was rather amateurlly done

[@craigkelly4278]

@@operation1968 as did I but still good

[@operation1968]

@@craigkelly4278 kinda yeah

[@laurafloyd6554]

I just heard about this movie. I'll have to watch it.

[@utapao74]

@@laurafloyd6554 It has a 60/64% critics/audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but I'd give it 80%.

[@bneon]

The kind of insignificant person you would pass in the street and not think twice about him

[@timbarnes3581]

I think that is the most shocking part: the realization that the people who committed such indescribable atrocities were just every day people like the rest of us in some ways, but complete demons in others.

[@CaptHotah]

Imagine your luck, your daughter in law's father was your prisoner on the other side of the world years before... damn.

[@derrmann1800]

Then you own son who speaks German and talks a lot against jews and last name still remain Eichamann. He was only bound to be caught. America and Germany knew all along where he was. Only reason Germany kept quiet because he was a German and their were a lot of nazis still in Germany in the 50's. America didn't say anything due to the fact they had alot of war criminals on the cia payroll. They didn't want the world to know that they were protecting nazis

[@kasoshd4918]

That‘s Not correct he wasn‘t a Prisoner he was a SS Obersturmbannführer

[@kebabseverim3364]

@@derrmann1800 Ever heard something called free speech? Nobody is supposed to love and hug with each other. Do you want to hang 90% of Palestine? Because they hate Jews too? Since when supporting one certain ideology made you a murderer? I'd get it, if they were involved in a crime personally but you can't just call everybody supporting National Socialism "bad". That's discrimination. Generalization isn't a good move.

[@sauromatae9728]

@@kebabseverim3364 oh shut up. nazis are illegal and should remain illegal.

[@jfournerat1274]

CaptHotah yeah imagine if they actually met each other and Eichmann found out that the father of the woman that his son was in love with was a Holocaust survivor.

[@francessweeney2308]

Eichmann received a fair trial before he was condemned, his victims didn't. He had a competent brief who mounted a defence against the evidence,all of which was disclosed by the prosecutor. The death sentence was the only sentence that fitted; he'd been convicted of genocide,war crimes and crimes against humanity.

[@patriciabarron7707]

It is the only capital punishment ever, in Israel.

[@darrenscott6982]

@@patriciabarron7707 How do so many people survive a death camp??🤔

[@paulwhitelaw7131]

'Fair trial' haha. Yep.

[@jameskellinger8314]

He was kidnapped.

[@tomerschubert2095]

@@darrenscott6982They weren't killed immediately, the ones who could work were used as slaves until they could no longer work or died of other circumstances.

[@Torskekusken]

"I don't want to use his real name because it makes him a regular man" Now that shows the disgust quite well

[@niIIer1]

IMO. Following order is only a viable defense if you were drafted into a position against your own wishes, and then forced to do whatever oreder it was. You don't get to higher up positions like him by not wanting it.

[@Ahmed-vw3iw]

Very well said.

[@marko1216]

Not really... look up all the assaination on hitler by his own officers...

[@ikexbankai]

@@marko1216 he could have asked to go to the front lines of the war and defect to the Allies side especially given he knew what was happening at the camps. He was over all transportation of people to the camps to be killed and he willingly did it. He didn’t try to find any out or even apologize at his court trial

[@BuenasNoticiasdeIL]

Could we say the same now about Bidens vaccine mandate on the private sector?

[@BuenasNoticiasdeIL]

@Mark Wsome rules are meant to be broken in name of freedom, love and values. Its up to each one of us to determine our loyalties. A paycheck can be achieved anywhere...

[@12dougreed]

The crazy thing is after the war before he went to Argentina he lived and worked 10 km from Bergen Belsen he worked for the forester

[@igoryankilevich9941]

Mossad agent wore gloves just so he doesnt even touch him. Wow

[@nayan681]

Lesson: never let your son fall in love with unknown girl

[@spbustarhymes]

... in case you are someone who lead to millions of victims of a huge war crime

[@dying101666]

or boy (of that's what he's into).

[@DarkestWinterNight]

and don't mess with jews

[@user-ip5yc7bg2k]

@@DarkestWinterNight Especially the Mossad

[@ricardorodriguez5549]

Lesson: Nazis deserve no mercy anywhere.

[@friendlyatheist387]

Well I was watching the movie called operation finale And damn it's too accurate... What expained here was same to same in the movie.. ben Kingsley did good job portraying Eichmann

[@GP-il4de]

I'm watching it right now and I'm here as well

[@cajunmane7272]

'bruh i was just following orders bruh'

[@Legitness420]

CajunMane bruh 😂😂💀💀

[@koushikdas5097]

Not only I was following orders I also made some of my own.

[@cajunmane7272]

@clover grass buy me Superbowl tickets Plz 🙏🏿

[@DarkestWinterNight]

@Clover grass oh really?

[@heisensaul5538]

Wait, Vince Russo was in on the holocaust?

[@rogerjames7315]

And wars still going on now. Disgraceful behaviour i must say....

[@standalby6949]

Roger Darbyshire yeah & it’s the same sick ppl that was really behind these wars that are at it again through greed

[@standalby6949]

Roger Darbyshire All wars are bankster wars

[@tomservo5007]

@Bas Baas who controls your finger pulling the trigger? Oh, you were just following orders. It's too easy to pass blame.

[@alaji1]

@@standalby6949 l

[@christopherlovelock9104]

@ Roger Darbyshire. - There is always a Country in this World that wants to literally dominate everyone else, or at least have enough power over them so as they will do what they are told. Megalomaniacs always are, and always will be, somewhere.......ALAS.

[@jamesoneill2933]

Should not this indictment read “ crime against humanity “? Rather than crimes against Israel?

[@air2091]

It’s israel because eichmann slaughtered the jeiwsh people, israel is the country of holocaust survivors, but it is crimes against humanity

[@2ndlifeseekers282]

@@air2091 wasn't just the Jewish people

[@air2091]

@@2ndlifeseekers282 it wasn’t just Jewish people, but the majority was Jewish people, and the Jewish ethnicity was the top priority for them

[@air2091]

@@2ndlifeseekers282 and the Jews were in the worse conditions most of the time

[@pouriasabouhi]

it's because we give people identity by there nationality and victims like gypsies have no nation so literally no one cares for their death.

[@peterbekker8051]

The only injustice was that Eichmann didn't have to endure suffering nearly as excruciating as comparable to his victims.

[@DarkestWinterNight]

exactly

[@GeorgeHutchins]

Eichmann chose this job to avoid combat duty. A refusal would have only meant being sent into combat, without any other penalty. Eichmann was not FORCED to do anything, and Eichmann wasn't just following orders. As a coward who wanted to avoid combat duty, Eichmann chose a criminal enterprise.

[@carloszapata6475]

Please include closed captions so that the information is accessible to everyone

[@l8tbraker]

An important historical question is what was Italy's complicity (if any) in facilitating his escape to South America.

[@claucemicro1080]

Truly sad.

[@abdirahmanidris290]

Or the US government. They knew they were there

[@vickijohnson9704]

The hang man said, "Hang in there, Adolph".

[@Egg1z]

"it's only a war crime if you lose"

[@wokeeye6441]

"Maybe if I use quotation marks, I wont have to deal with the consequences of my stupidity"

[@mr.nemesis6442]

Soviets committed lots of war crimes. Stalin killed 3x as many people as Hitler

[@thedevil2411]

@@wokeeye6441 You communist sympathizer.

[@ritzvillelumber5122]

@@mr.nemesis6442 He killed more of his own people .

[@maxoforce2920]

And if u try to eliminate an entire race on industrial scale

[@mbert7537]

Imagine the iraqi people do this to george bush

[@AndreLuiz-uw2gc]

Cale-se canalha pingusso

[@lindseystyles5232]

No comparison. President Bush was voted into office by a country of 350 million people. Eichmann assisted in the killing of 6,000,000 Jews. He lived in the slums and struggled to make a living.

[@redbluedragon7259]

@Arron Blessing he lived in a country house but the rest was correct

[@dianethompson8564]

as Ben Kingsley said "the book of memories"can not be closed.

[@footofblut981]

But burned,like many documents about the cruel events in 2.world war by the nazis or in wars at all

[@notme9983]

@@footofblut981 Or by propaganda on social media as seen in today's world. But justice will always prevail.

[@pedroviaud1119]

Do not be deceI’ve, what a man sows , that he shall reap, your sin will find you out

[@77777aol]

If I am correct in saying, the term, 'the banality of evil', was coined by a journalist during this unprecedented trial. In other words this person on trial, inextricably linked to the most heinous of crimes in all human history, looked like your average civil servant - marginally intelligent and somewhat dull.

[@rajanyasen7833]

Yes exactly ' The Banality of Evil' term was coined by Hannah Arendt. You can read her article ' Eichmann in Jerusalem' on the Internet. It's a captivating read.

[@jameskellinger8314]

@@rajanyasen7833 banality of innocence...?

[@KajunMs39]

Arrogant and no repentance in his soul!!! Evilness at the core.

[@ObeyJesusOurLord]

James 2:13: For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed [showed] no mercy........

[@ObeyJesusOurLord]

Chris Bennett Thank you for your comment. I certainly agree with what you shared!

[@louismarc1179]

I don’t get it

[@lplein8429]

That's the Jewish Elohim style, not the Christian God

[@lucianewell6084]

Genesis 12:3- Israel, I will bless him that bless thee, and curse him, that curseth thee

[@Barzins1]

I’m against the death penalty. But these people make it very hard to make a case against the death penalty.

[@spbustarhymes]

We are talking about a different time too. In 2020 there shouldn’t be any official death penalty.

[@patriciabarron7707]

Only death penalty carried out in modern Israel, to this day.

[@trixtrix4105]

There are some people that are pure evil basically possessed by demons that deserve to be put down there are some people out there that are so evil if I would have the pleasure to get rid of I would and I would not lose a wink of sleep over it

[@Barzins1]

@@trixtrix4105 my objection to death penalty has less to do with accused being punished too harshly than with the state taking Alice in my behalf.

[@richardque4952]

Death penalty only for the most vicious criminal.

[@WannesDeBacker]

Imagine killing someone and then have people decide that not a judge should judge you, but the family of the person you killed.

[@HeyNonyNonymous]

Imagine someone killing your family and no one but you is willing to bring him to justice.

[@dripbingus4224]

Imagine standing infront of the people you killed millions of them, I'd have an heart attack

[@marcgrossman980]

and saying he wouldnt change anything about it if he could.

[@Joe-hf3cn]

He didn't have a 'heart'

[@AlisaBDArgentinaHills]

Yeah true

[@ashleighAshlee]

He's evil

[@Indiancommunist019]

​@@ashleighAshleenah

[@theasian24601]

There's a picture of one of the Nazis getting hanged, and it appeared like he wet himself... He felt some of the fear that he instilled in so many.

[@jerkoftheyear4565]

And this is where source please

[@RaviGupta-pm4wb]

Amon goth

[@jackkircher1755]

I watched a reenactment of the capture several years ago when the History Channel covered it. They included the hidden camera in the briefcase. That's what I was looking for when I saw this "nutshell" report. Those were very courageous men who did a fine job in staying out of sight until the actual capture "went down."

[@jameskellinger8314]

They had no legal authority to arrest anyone. It was a kidnapping

[@uriel7203]

@James Kellinger who authorized him to arrange so many people to die? He admitted it. He says that he was ordered by someone else? Ok. Still, who said that higher person had the authority to have so many people killed? I'm sure whom ever gave that athority, would give Israel the authorization to go "kidnap" someone from a different country. So don't worry your little behind.

[@LT-xb5su]

How is sneaking up on a guy “courageous”? They outnumbered him and caught him off guard

[@josephbooker7326]

I have to commend the people who went after and captured some of their tormentors , exposing and dispensing justice for their actions. It saddens me that my people were ignored and abused tortured and killed all while making the nations rich and being told to forget what the nations have done to you, you’re on the bottom where you belong

[@jameskellinger8314]

...dispensing justice...?? Is that what you call it? Menachem Begin bombed the King David Hotel. Was he dispensing justice?

[@josephbooker7326]

@@jameskellinger8314 the nations of Europe have a vast history of committing atrocities and abominations on each other…imagine all of those nations using and abusing a specific people since biblical times…bottom line they are and have been confederate…

[@jameskellinger8314]

@@josephbooker7326 "...specific people?"

[@philcassidy3823]

I'm not white or German. But I know that you're lying, I know the truth. It's amazing how you can run and ruin the world like you do and still be the good guys, whilst making other responsible for your actions. Its insane.

[@jchew0267]

Such evil. It's unbelievable that man can be so bad and EVIL.

[@philcassidy3823]

Marx Lenin Trotsky Goloshchyokin Kaganovich Netanyahu Rotchilds

[@rutomeds]

The people who say Netanyahu doesn't know about anything related to Israeli politics

[@joanhyde1745]

Using his full name is appropriate when showing other human beings what evil can look like!

[@kebruya]

Moral of the story: There is no escaping karma

[@beautruex7012]

No such thing as’Karma’. What a man does he will reap! Thus saith the Lord Jesus Christ!

[@mr.u1912]

@@beautruex7012 yes there is thing like karma and who believe jesus who was killed by human 🤣🤣🤣🤣your god was here how long 2000 b.c there are real gods who are much civilised immortal and much older than your recent gods like hindus gods and mayan and Roman's which typically form of hindu gods

[@posthocprior]

Now, Israel may become a far-right authoritarian state. Most likely, one of the greatest ironies in recent history.

[@kaden88]

Nazis are far left not far right

[@kaden88]

Isreal has been attacked first by palestine

[@Kennedy295]

Bruh.

[@omerrwire-]

I dont think so

[@theworld01268]

Average leftist

[@AndreLuiz-uw2gc]

Eichmann era torcedor do Racing na Argentina e no Brasil tinha uma simpatia pelo Guaraní de Divinópolis

[@thedemocrat4138]

I read his story of capture in the bestselling book Mossad.

[@air2091]

@Zahir Abbas k

[@luisguevara7402]

Is this still being shown in St. Petersburg Fl?

[@air2091]

At Petersburg Russia!

[@barbarahenry9231]

5 months that’s a long trial 😞very sad for all those people

[@SL-sf3du]

The agent was dope asl

[@user-hh7wf3lg4q]

Exactly as they say two wrongs don't make a right.

[@mtfeking]

this is like Anne Franks book written in ball point pen..

[@marcelheidemann7648]

I am German. And never proud of what happened in the war. A terrible did. But our generation has nothing to do with it. This is history. Not a good story, but it's a story. Every country has its own history. What about the Indians? The Africans? The Aboriginal people? And and and. History should never be reciprocated. No matter what nationality, religion, we are all human beings

[@dcrafton3988]

Of course. When people refer to the Germans and the Holocaust, they are not talking about the current German generation.

[@majestical15]

M7079? My brain is seeing M0779= Mossa Good one, Mossad

[@vickijohnson9704]

The hang man sang, "Hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy hang on" while Adolph was swinging in the breeze.

[@ronaldburse7610]

😥

[@TheLegend-nm8ji]

There are no warcrimes in a war

[@andreasvehmer8516]

No there are not.you are right

[@cafc4matty982]

Yes there are, and the atrocities committed by the Nazis began before the outbreak of World War 2, so by your own definition, he’s still a criminal.

[@kevinflaherty6028]

If civilian's are in area and get killed accidentally it's different,but purposely killing them or shooting prisoners is a crime.

[@justarandomguy537]

Fun fact is that there is a no in the yes or no

[@abdirahmanidris290]

The jews were civilians

[@DA-is9sj]

Just reading these comments makes me realize that anti-Semitic-ism is alive and well. Very very sad.

[@DA-is9sj]

Wow your spelling is atrocious.

[@alita_battle_angel]

David Addi Shut up criminal. The state of Israel is more violent, racist, radicalized, and killed more Arab's then Germans did to your people.

[@dainiusvongailis8331]

Dr. Hannibal Lester lol .that's why they end up where they end up, because they think like you .

[@dainiusvongailis8331]

David Addi lol.. you got the message and that's all it was for . Nothing else can you say when people against you . Last step for cowards like you is attack person for something completely unrelated to issue. That's how you do and that's is one of many reason people hate you.

[@troyruss4112]

Idiot -You are ignorant

[@jpmnky]

That museum looks awesome! I’d love to visit that place.

[@jameskellinger8314]

You are sick if that is where you want to go

[@sunsnows]

@@jameskellinger8314 ur sick

[@picometer472]

@@sunsnows ...of lawlessness

[@bigshoes5228]

The lack of emotion jesus

[@waffensniper1345]

If he would have OJ Simpson’s lawyers , he would have walked 😊

[@darthutah6649]

Why is an 8 foot tall wookie living on Endor? That does not make sense.

[@trixtrix4105]

@@darthutah6649 ???

[@trixtrix4105]

“if the glove doesn’t fit you must acquit”

[@darthutah6649]

@@trixtrix4105 south park reference

[@christopherjamesjames1682]

He paid mentally. Every morning he woke up thinking is this the day .I have been 2 real prison where he was hanged . Only 1 in 10 were ever bought to book .

[@tristanvillalontriss9220]

Operation Finale brought me here

[@harrihiltunen3126]

intresting trial...

[@nofate0007]

Karma is inevitable,. No one has escaped it. It always comes back. This guy had huge debt , and will carry it to future lives.

[@lordoflocks8811]

their are no future lives. when your brain dies, you die. That's it.

[@trixtrix4105]

@@lordoflocks8811 NOT TRUE

[@lordoflocks8811]

@@trixtrix4105 well, then tell me why there schould be...

[@intersanctum]

No one escapes karma? Are you a child or what? Hundreds of criminals escaped it. You obviously never heard of Mengele.

[@JCMC57]

What did you think the booth was for

[@bielefeldundmehr2461]

The booth was to prevent the audience shooting (or attacking) him. Because people in the audience had lost relatives and wanted revenge.

[@msducks3397]

is it just me, but doesn't the Sunday Morning "sun" logo look a little out of place on the jackets of the two guys at the exhibit, a little "oops, maybe we should move it or not show it or something" ?? The jackets bore a creepy resemblance to the stars that Jewish people were forced to wear on their clothes to identify them as Jewish during WW2. I found the image unsettling but it's possible the people who put the video together didn't have a clue about historical details like that.

[@Professorrob2k24]

Despicable smh

[@arthursweben6522]

Could Eichmann have known what happened to Hitler after the war? Or where he went? Why didn’t they asked anything about Hitler in the trial of eichmann?

[@d-square3780]

@@razorcola5434 that's the story we were told but nobody witnessed.

[@githice]

dearest lady... your green dress is BEAUTIFUL

[@solohhbb9468]

'I was just following orders' like hes some regular wermacht draft soldier lmao

[@jakemake142]

I’m curious why are there two officers 👮‍♂️ in the booth with him?? 🤔

[@elisabethwoudstra3931]

God thanks, at least one of these monsters....

[@omgbygollywow]

Maybe if he showed remorse, he would not have been hanged. I can see the excuse of just following orders, because you are in fear of your life for not following orders. But to not have remorse probably sealed his fate.

[@Robsonski96]

Matsuhiro Watanabe should've had a trial like this, too...

[@tamararutland-mills9530]

Brilliant!

[@UilleannOslo]

After the war a German man applied for a loan in our bank in Norway, When he didn't get that loan, he was very disappointed. He said to the bank manager; "Sie kennen nicht die deutsche Mentalitet!".That was the moment when the bank manager showed the German his arm. There was the prison number, tattooed into his arm when he was a prisoner in a German consentration camp. No more to say the,

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

Huh?

[@abdirahmanidris290]

The german most likely was not responsible. Most germans were unaware

[@MaestroStefanoPetrini]

"I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction" -Adolph Eichmann

[@kauangab5294]

They all were waiting for him

[@sdawg573]

Where and when did he say this?

[@andrianarisonnjato1667]

how about the love story of their kids?

[@elanacar]

Once he found out she was a Jew he didn't want anything to do with her.

[@ionidhunedoara1491]

Rickieeee- you've got a lot of explaining to do!

[@hamentaschen]

Never Forget.

[@TobyRossFun]

I was 13 when he hung and danced of joy around our table!

[@TobyRossFun]

I don't

[@TobyRossFun]

@Sasha Taylor on the left

[@fairlyvague82]

Albert Pierrepoint Didn’t you do the deed?

[@TobyRossFun]

@@fairlyvague82 deed?

[@fairlyvague82]

Albert Pierrepoint Yep, didn’t you hang him? Or were you just Nuremberg?

[@dxfan18]

Eichmann just looks like a regular middle-aged dude, he could blend into anywhere. You just never know who's out there. Two of his sons were enraged by their father's execution and began attacking Jews, but his youngest, Ricardo, is an archaeologist in Berlin.

[@ivankatz1703]

M

[@hugbug4408]

@@ivankatz1703 Too bad!

[@jfournerat1274]

Thankfully Ricardo is nothing like his father and is the only one of Eichmanns children who denounced his father and acknowledged his role in the Holocaust and how horrible he had been.

[@erichorwitz5680]

The reporter asks some stupid questions like why was he in bullet prof glass

[@twistedyogert]

He shouldn't have been in a box. Israel should've just let the Israeli public administer some good old fashioned street justice.

[@Me27399]

Wait bt how can mossad agents be allowed to pick someone off rhe streets in beunos aires? Shdnt that havw been done by teh Argentinians?

[@Cusulozz]

At the time the Argentinians still supported the nazis action so if they told the authorities about it they would protect him

[@densalbeach1]

How many were given new lives by the Allies, operation paperclip? Thankfully the Israelis never gave up and caught many.

[@himanshumahanta5230]

Watch "operation finale" movie

[@xzxxx-km4vy]

"I do not swear by the bible, i swear by the almighty God" said Einchmann

[@thedisintegrador]

To everyone I recommend the book from Hannah Arendt “Eichmann in Jerusalem”. She (a Jewish German philosopher) paints quite a different picture of him, rather than vicious monster she paints him as not so intelligent man who just followed his orders without much thinking

[@samschmidt4701]

As a fellow reader of the book, these other comments seem ignorant. The book stresses the point that he was a normal man to draw attention to the larger dynamics at play, and how certain power systems and bureaucratic incentives can reinforce hierarchical and damaging structures within society. By labeling this man as evil, people are ignoring the nuances of reality, and thus, failing to recognize the actual reasons for why something like this could happen and the similarities between our society and that within the SS. Labeling someone as evil is reductive and perpetuates ignorance, as it prevents the genuine analysis and open mindedness that is required to understand how certain institutional motives and power dynamics can lead to “evil.”

[@maryam4259]

@@samschmidt4701 extremely well said

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

A lot of other authors find Hannah Arendt's book incredibly naive, especially given a number of direct quotes from Eichmann himself that she neglects. I don't claim to know the truth; but in no way would I assume that Arendt's characterization must be correct.

[@jameskellinger8314]

Painting a picture is always suspicious in matters of justice.

[@kadsim354]

A good short documentary, but what a pitty that they don't talk about Fritz Bauer, the district attorney in Hessen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Bauer

[@KulbirSingh-es5bx]

Oh my god. How he lived in years after that buchar

[@kevinhealey6540]

I believe Eichmann had a lousy lawyer for that trial His guilt was unquestionable, there's no doubt about that. However he got on the stand and said that he found the whole thing abhorrent at the time, that he tried to resign his position, (nothing was ever in writing), that he an affinity for Jews and on and on (which is laughable). Judges in general get infuriated when a defendant lies and expects the judge to believe it. Eichmann's best chances would have been be tell the absolute truth about the whole thing. Hoss did the same thing. He was the commander of Auschwitz. In Nuremberg he testified that he did not tolerate the abuse of any prisoners. He used words like "victims" when testifying.

[@tahakarim1901]

hoss was also hanged though

[@reesemorgan2259]

@@tahakarim1901 He was hanged but survivors, or loved ones of victims, heard a "Sorry" from him. That's important. I think he is still paying for his crimes against humanity somehow, somewhere. He must suffer to atone. After reading his words, written shortly before he was executed, I believe he was genuinely sorry. Sadly, that won't bring back any of his victims.

[@nationalsocialist5526]

​@@reesemorgan2259 Who cares

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

@@nationalsocialist5526 Apparently you do, since you replied.

[@tomerschubert2095]

@@reesemorgan2259 He was sorry at all, it was all a farce. In the trial video tapes of an interview he did with another former SS member in Argentina revealed that he had absolutely no remorse and even took pride in his work.

[@kevinqwen221]

Once again, love can turn things around. 😂

[@colleta2400]

They were so close in also getting Mengle but had to make the choice and go with Eichmann. Such shame they could not have gotten both.

[@linkcubuspark]

who's here after watching the Operation Finale.

[@joshuabreault7568]

Kevin bacon

[@mikeandrews2851]

As bad as he was, there were bigger player's in the killings.

[@jljarrar]

‘In the years that followed (after 1937) I often said to Jews with whom I had dealings that, had I been a Jew, I would have been a fanatical Zionist. I could not imagine anything else. In fact, I would have been the most ardent Zionist imaginable.’ -Adolf Eichmann

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

Similar ideologies...

[@dcrafton3988]

@@tooleyheadbang4239 no

[@okyes5671]

Your misunderstanding. He means that he understands why so many Jews support the state of Israel considering what he and many others did to them

[@jljarrar]

@@okyes5671 what he and others did to anti-Zionist Jews you mean (which was the vast majority of Jews back then). The Nazis had no problem with the Zionists whom they gave many privileges to. They were too were self proclaimed fascists & nationalists and many Zionists were very anti-Semitic as well, hating on both religious Jews & communist Jews.

[@farhankamrani]

When will USA handover the jailer of Abu Ghareeb to Iraq?

[@TherymasterWidnes]

1:19.......why did he sit in this booth?

[@fozziebear9626]

TherymasterWidnes Because people would have shot him and he definitely didn’t deserve such an easy death.

[@darthutah6649]

I guess he was that hated.

[@bielefeldundmehr2461]

The booth was to prevent the audience shooting (or attacking) him. Because people in the audience had lost relatives and wanted revenge.

[@happymartin6778]

>See this video >See comments are open still I don't think you under stand CBS how much of a awful idea this is.