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Eichmann trial

From 'The Eichmann Trial,' a play at Jerusalem's Beit HaAm, on April 27, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 4, 2026, 5:26 am
New drama ‘The Eichmann Trial’ at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am takes same stage as actual trial
Through May 4, the portrayal of the 1961 hearing offers a captivating glimpse at the human psyche, along with a history of budding relations between Germany and the Jewish state
By Jessica Steinberg
Adolf Eichmann standing in his glass cage, flanked by guards, in the Jerusalem courtroom during his trial in 1961 for war crimes committed during World War II. (AP Photo/File)
January 27, 2025, 4:06 pm
Israel national archive opens online access to 380,000 pages of Eichmann trial documents
Trove of scanned paperwork include prosecutors’ correspondence with Ben-Gurion, original testimonies including from writer Yehiel Dinur who met Nazi war criminal in Auschwitz
By AFP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Shalom Nagar, who executed Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1962, seen in undated video posted in 2023. (YouTube: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 27, 2024, 10:12 pm
Shalom Nagar, reluctant hangman of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, dies aged 88
Prison guard was selected against his wishes to carry out death sentence and traumatized by it, remaining anonymous for three decades
By Stuart Winer
Adolf Eichmann during his trial in Jerusalem. (Public domain)
May 22, 2022, 12:41 pm
New film brings Eichmann’s Holocaust confessions to life using his own voice
Original recordings are dubbed over actors portraying senior Nazi figure and his interviewer before Israel put him on trial; he expresses pride in genocide, says has no regrets
By Stuart Winer
Yosef Kleinman testifies at Adolf Eichmann's 1961 trial in Jerusalem in archival footage broadcast in a documentary on Israel's Channel 13 in 2019. (Screenshot)
May 4, 2021, 11:38 pm
Yosef Kleinman, the youngest survivor to testify at Eichmann trial, dies at 91
One of 110 witnesses at seminal 1961 trial, Kleinman’s testimony helped send notorious Nazi official to the gallows
By Ron Kampeas
Adolf Eichmann is seen standing in his bullet proof glass box as the charges against him are read during judical proceedings in the Beit Ha'Am building in Jerusalem, April 12, 1961. (AP Photo/Str)
April 10, 2021, 6:16 am
Evil on trial: 60th anniversary of Eichmann in the dock
In April 1961, the barbarism of Nazi Germany was put on display in a Jerusalem courtroom, as the ‘engineer of death’ was tried for offenses including crimes against humanity
By AFP
From the trials of Adolf Eichmann, which will be examined in 'Eichmann -- The Devil Speaks,' the first series produced by Tadmor Entertainment and MGM (Courtesy GPO)
December 15, 2020, 7:14 pm
New documentary series on Eichmann includes ‘never-before-seen interview’
Kan’s ‘Eichmann — The Devil Speaks’ will unveil fresh details on the notorious Nazi architect of the Final Solution
By Jessica Steinberg
Gabriel Bach, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Israel and a former deputy prosecutor during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, poses for a picture while holding a photograph showing him (below) during Eichmann's (top) trial, at the yard of his home in Jerusalem on May 3, 2020. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP)
May 8, 2020, 9:35 am
60 years on, Israeli prosecutor recalls Eichmann trial
‘Not a day passes without me remembering,’ says Gabriel Bach, lead investigator and deputy prosecutor of key architect of Holocaust
By Ben Simon
Accused Nazi John Demjanjuk in the Netflix series "The Devil Next Door." (Netflix screenshot)
November 15, 2019, 12:45 am
Miniseries on ‘Ivan the Terrible’ Nazi trial as gripping, open-ended, as in life
When retired Ohio autoworkerJohn Demjanjuk was extradited to Israel to be tried as the infamous butcher of Treblinka, people held their breath, as they will for this Netflix series
By Jordan Hoffman
Micha Maor (Screencapture/YouTube)
June 26, 2019, 2:43 am
Micha Maor, survivor and spy who helped convict Eichmann, dies at 86
While working for the Mossad, Maor obtained documents proving Nazi’s involvement in the extermination of the Jews during the Holocaust
By ToI Staff
Adolf Eichmann during his trial in Jerusalem. (Public domain)
November 4, 2018, 1:09 pm
Adolf Eichmann’s son lives near where Mossad captured Nazi mastermind – report
Two eldest sons of Holocaust architect died in 2015; 3rd son, Dieter, tracked down in Argentina; youngest brother, living in Germany, is the only one to renounce father’s views
By ToI Staff
Ben Kingsley portrays Moses in a 1996 film. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 21, 2018, 9:05 pm
Ben Kingsley’s 5 most memorable Jewish roles, from Moses to Anne Frank’s dad
Oscar-winning British actor plays Adolf Eichmann in ‘Operation Finale’ depicting Nazi’s capture and trial
By Erika Dreifus
Ben Kingsley as Adolf Eichmann in 'Operation Finale.' (Courtesy MGM)
August 21, 2018, 7:24 pm
From Schindler survivor to Eichmann, Kingsley says he plays horror’s human face
In ‘Operation Finale,’ hitting theaters August 29, the star portrays one of the key organizers of Hitler’s Final Solution — and dedicates his performance to Elie Wiesel
By Jordan Hoffman
The bulletproof glass booth in which Adolf Eichmann testified during his trial in Jerusalem District Court is displayed in the "Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann" exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, in New York, Friday, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
January 24, 2018, 6:16 am
Eichmann back in Israel: Iconic trial booth returns
Bulletproof-glass enclosure where Nazi war criminal sat facing justice half a century ago to be displayed in Galilee museum after years in US exhibitions
By ToI Staff
The Buenos Aires skyline. (CC-BY-SA Patricio Dünkler/Wikipedia)
August 21, 2017, 11:32 am
El Al set to launch Tel Aviv-Buenos Aires route
Flights to Argentina expected to begin in September, decades after the national carrier brought Eichmann to Israel for trial
By JTA
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