Adolf Eichmann

The last living Eichmann trial reporter warns antisemitism never died

He watched Eichmann face justice, now he’s one of the last who can tell it

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
The Eichmann trail was held in Jerusalem, Israel, from April 11 to August 14, 1961. Premium
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

As antisemitism rises across the globe, this edition examines its many forms and the fight to confront them

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
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

Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.

|ByARIELA OHRENSTEIN
A VOTE on the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians at the auditorium in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026.

Israel's new death penalty law marks moral break, sparks discrimination fears, expert says

For Prof. Yoram Rabin, a criminal and constitutional law scholar and president of the College of Management Academic Studies, the law is both a moral rupture and a legally vulnerable one.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Grapevine: Ringing hollow

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 7, 2026ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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

On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad

Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.

MAY 11, 2025ByARIELA OHRENSTEIN
Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.

Argentina declassifies 1,850 documents about Nazi activities in the country

Until now, documentation related to the activities of Nazi leaders in Argentina could only be viewed in a specially designated room at the National Archives.

MAY 1, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Declassified documents about Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, who fled to Argentina after World War II.

Opera brings Eichmann’s trial to the stage in dramatic world premiere

The opera dramatizes the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of the central architects of the Holocaust.

MARCH 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
EICHMANN: THE Devil Speaks.

Milei to open Argentina’s Nazi ratline archives, urged to reveal Holocaust records

A CSW delegation met with the Interior and Defense Ministers, and the Argentinian National Archives director, who offered their cooperation in location documents on the so-called 'ratlines.'

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.

Grapevine January 31, 2025: The long road to freedom

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS (from left to right): George Shefi, 93, Walter Bingham, 101, and Paul Alexander, 89, who came to the UK on the kindertransport are pictured with relatives at the residence of the British ambassador to Israel.

PMO unveils new database for Eichmann Trial documents

Eichmann was in charge of organizing the “Final Solution” to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust, and was hanged in Israel on June 1, 1962, after being convicted of committing crimes against humanity.

JANUARY 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A thin faced Adolf Eichmann listens to the reading of a 15 count indictment, accusing him of the murder of millions of Jews during World War II, as a guard stands beside him. The reading of the charges at the trial's opening took an hour and 15 minutes.

Shalom Nagar, executioner of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, passes away at 86

Eichmann was a key figure in managing and enabling the logistics and transportation of deporting Jews to the extermination camps.

NOVEMBER 27, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Palestinian man shuts down anti-Israel protesters at ‘The Trial of Eichmann’ Holocaust play

Three anti-Israel protesters attempted to disrupt the off-Broadway show ‘The Trial of Eichmann’ but were shutdown by a Palestinian man in the audience.

JULY 27, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Palestinian man shuts down anti-Israel protesters disrupting Holocaust play ‘The Trial of Eichmann’

Israel building case against Hamas terrorists in Eichmann-esque trial - report

The Wall Street Journal revealed that investigators in the Israel Police and prosecution lawyers are compiling one of the most significant cases against Hamas terrorists.

DECEMBER 31, 2023ByMAARIV
Screenshot of Shin Bet interrogation of Hamas terrorist who participated in October 7 massacres