Yahoo HomeAdolf Eichmann
| Born | March 19, 1906 |
| Hometown | Solingen, Germany |
| Height | 5'9" (1.76m) |
| Spouse | Veronika Liebl (m 1935 - 1962) |
| Children | Ricardo Eichmann , Klaus , Horst Adolf , Dieter Helmut |
| Parents | Adolf Karl Eichmann , Maria |
Top Stories
Gabriel Bach, trial prosecutor of notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann, dies aged 94
- Gabriel Bach, a prosecutor in the 1961 trial of infamous Nazi Adolf Eichmann has died aged 94, the Israel Judiciary Authority has announced. During the high-profile trial of Eichmann in Jerusalem, Mr Bach served as a state's attorney, working on evidence-gathering in the case under lead prosecutor Gideon Hausner. Eichmann, one of Nazi Germany's main organisers of the Holocaust, was captured by Israeli Mossad (secret service) agents outside Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1960.
Videos
Israel releases Eichmann plea letter on Holocaust Memorial Day
- 00:46
More Stories
- NewsThe Telegraph
US and German intelligence protected former Gestapo general from prosecution
New details have emerged of how a former Gestapo general who sent tens of thousands of Jews to their deaths was protected from prosecution by US and West German intelligence after the Second World War. SS-General Franz Josef Huber served as head of the Gestapo in Vienna and much of Austria following the Nazi takeover. He worked closely with Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the Holocaust, and personally ordered the deportation of Austrian Jews to concentration camps. Yet while Eichmann was captur
- NewsThe Telegraph
Felicien Kabuga captured: Africa's most wanted and the mastermind behind Rwandan genocide seized in Paris
French police seized the man regarded as the intellectual and financial mastermind behind the Rwandan genocide on Saturday, ending a transcontinental 26-year manhunt for “the Eichmann of Africa”. Félicien Kabuga, Africa’s most wanted fugitive, was arrested in the northern outskirts of Paris after a dawn raid on his flat in the commune of Asnières-sur-Seine. Officers said the 84 year-old had been living there under an assumed identity. French authorities released few details about the operation,
- NewsAFP
The Mossad mission to capture architect of Holocaust
On May 11, 1960, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was nabbed by a team of Israeli spies after years on the run in Argentina, ending a long manhunt.
- NewsAFP
60 years on, Israel prosecutor recalls Eichmann trial
Days after Israel's spectacular announcement that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured and brought to Israel for trial, Gabriel Bach was given an assignment that forever changed his life.
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
Think Again by Jan Morris review – diary of a remarkable writer
Think Again by Jan Morris review – diary of a remarkable writerUnfettered by time and space ... this beguiling journal opens a window on to a long and well-remembered life
- PoliticsThe Independent
Rafi Eitan: Israeli intelligence chief who kidnapped Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and brought him to justice
The man was Adolf Eichmann, chief architect of Hitler’s “final solution”, and one of the most-wanted Nazis in the world. Inside the car were agents of the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. In 1999, the Welsh author Gordon Thomas published a book, Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad.
