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The kidnapping that stunned the world

Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi architect of the Holocaust, was executed on June 1, 1962

The kidnapping that stunned the world
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Paul Bernhardt
08/05/2025 12:20 ‧ 1 month ago | StarsInsider

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Rafi eitan

One of the boldest and most controversial intelligence missions ever mounted. Eichmann, the architect of the Holocaust, was kidnapped in Argentina and spirited back to Israel to stand trial for war crimes. He was hanged in 1962.

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Rafi Eitan, the man who led the 1960 Mossad operation,

and the former SS officer who never expressed remorse for the crimes he committed.

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