Adolf Eichmann

The forgotten German who saved Jews in Japan - and the diary that resurfaced 80 years later

A child’s wartime diary has reopened the story of Willy Rudolf Foerster, a German industrialist who helped Jewish refugees reach Japan.

Willy Rudolf Foerster with his children,  Willy Jr. and Erica.
The Eichmann trail was held in Jerusalem, Israel, from April 11 to August 14, 1961. PremiumPremium

The last living Eichmann trial reporter warns antisemitism never died

A woman holds a sign reading "Stop Hunting Jews" during a demonstration against antisemitism following a rise in anti-Jewish incidents after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks.

Confronting the oldest hatred in its newest forms - from the editor

 Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.

On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad


PM to board first El Al flight to Argentina since Eichmann's 1960 kidnapping

National carrier will touch down in Buenos Aires for first time since the Holocaust mastermind was smuggled out of the country to be tried in Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies plane over West Bank

57 years after Eichmann's famous flight, El Al will fly again to Argentina

“We celebrate the historic event, which means that more Argentineans can travel to visit Israel and also we are happy to see the Argentinean flag in the Israeli sky soon.”

An El Al Boeing 777 aircraft at Ben-Gurion International Airport

GRAPEVINE Capturing Adolf Eichmann

Music workshops, an Israeli comic opera, and 50 years marking the capture of Adolf Eichmann.

People look at displays at an exhibition about Adolf Eichmann in Berlin in 2011.

Ben Kingsley to play Adolf Eichmann

Upcoming film tells story of the hunt and capture of Nazi war criminal.

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Honoring outstanding contributions

Former Supreme Court Justice and founding EMET prize committee chair Gabriel Bach recalls his involvement in historic Eichmann and Demjanjuk trials.

Former Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Bach

'Jewish students being attacked on US campuses need Israel's help'

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Avi Dichter suggested that the activists have become more aggressive because the Palestinian issue is less prominent lately.

Jewish groups at UC Berkeley campus rally against anti-Israeli events

WATCH: Hitler tells Conan O'brien he hates Trump comparison

"Hitler, thank you so much for stopping by tonight, and might I add, you're the worst," is how Conan O'brien welcomed the Fuhrer to his show.

Adolf Hitler, Donald Trump

Afraid that no one would believe them

President Reuven Rivlin said, “The Eichmann trial broke the conspiracy of silence.”

Israeli police flank Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS colonel who headed the Gestapo's Jewish Section and was responsible for millions of Jews' deaths in Nazi concentration camps, as he stands trial inside a bulletproof booth in a Jerusalem court

German court blocks release of secret Eichmann files

Classified documents reportedly reveal West Germany intelligence knew Eichmann was in Argentina as early as 1952.

Adolf Eichmann on trial in Jerusalem 521

Defending the banality theory

The Hannah Arendt movie explores the notion that great evil can be caused by ordinary people who choose to follow orders blindly

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