105K views · 6.1K reactions | On May 11, 1960, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped from Argentina in a daring Mossad mission. He was brought to Israel and made to stand trial for the crimes of the Holocaust. | World Jewish Congress | Facebook

The hunt for Adolf Eichmann began with a love story. Silvia Hermann, a German ex-patriate living in Argentina, became infatuated with a young man named Nick Eichmann. Silvia’s father Lothar, a survivor of Dachau, suspected that his daughter was seeing the son of an infamous Nazi criminal. Lothar contacted the Israeli prosecutor and fellow survivor Fritz Bauer, alerting him of his hunch. Thus began Operation Finale, a top-secret mission that would eventually bring Adolf Eichmann to justice. Explo

Uncover the story behind the capture and trial of war criminal Adolf Eichmann in New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage special exhibition, “Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann,” curated by a former Israeli Mossad agent. On view now through December. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2hhP6rt | Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust