On May 11, 1960, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped from Argentina in a daring Mossad mission. He was brought to Israel and made to stand trial for the crimes of the Holocaust. | World Jewish Congress

Adolf Eichmann was a pivotal actor in the deportation of European Jews and the coordination of the "Final Solution" during the Holocaust. After World War II, he evaded justice by fleeing to Argentina and living under an assumed name. In May 1960, Israeli Security Service agents tracked him down and brought him to face trial in Israel. With detailed survivor testimony combined with extensive television coverage, the Eichmann trial represented more than an exercise in justice: it was the moment th