Operation Finale: how the Mossad caught Eichmann in Argentina מבצע "פינאלע": ווי אזוי האט דער מוסד געכאפט אייכמאן ימ"ש אין ארגענטינע
In May 1960 Mossad agents caught Adolf Eichmann, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust, in Buenos Aires and secretly brought him to Israel for trial.
Fix / add informationAfter the war Eichmann fled and lived in Argentina under a false name, "Ricardo Klement". After years of doubts and witness information, the Mossad under Isser Harel sent a team; the operation on the ground was led by Rafi Eitan.
On May 11, 1960 the agents seized him near his home in San Fernando, near Buenos Aires. They held him hidden for about ten days, and on May 20 flew him out on an El Al plane. On May 23, 1960 Ben-Gurion announced in the Knesset that Eichmann was in Israel.
The trial in Jerusalem began in April 1961, with hundreds of survivor testimonies. He was found guilty and sentenced to death; the sentence was carried out in 1962, still the only such sentence carried out by an Israeli court.
The trial made the world listen to the testimony of the Holocaust.
Sources: Wikipedia: Capture of Adolf Eichmann, ויקיפעדיע: לכידת אדולף אייכמן (accessed Oct 21, 2026)
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