Capture of Adolf Eichmann
Verified: Documented in primary records or confirmed by reputable inquiry/reporting.
Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in 1960 and brought him to Israel, where he was tried. Israel State Archives records that Mossad agents handed him to the police.
Documented
The Israel State Archives’ account of the trial and its background is public.
Claimed, disputed or not established
The source opened gives the Israeli archival account. It does not set out other governments’ positions, so none are stated here.
Sources (opened in a new tab)
- Israel State Archives: Behind the scenes at the Eichmann Trial ↗https://catalog.archives.gov.il/site/en/chapter/behind-scenes-eichmann-trial/
Connected
- Section: Israel
- Agencies: Mossad
- Vault documents: Behind the scenes at the Eichmann Trial ↗
- Case board · Timeline (1960) · Document vault