On April 11, 1961, the trial against Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann began in Jerusalem. One of the major Nazi organizers of the Holocaust, Eichmann was kidnapped from Argentina in a daring Mossad mission. 15 years after the Holocaust, he was brought to Israel and made to stand trial for his crimes. | 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