Adolf Eichmann was Hitler’s “architect of the final solution” and one of the most notorious henchmen of the Nazi regime. He was one of the few senior Nazis who did not commit suicide but managed to escape to Argentina after the war. He lived a quiet life with his wife and two children, and worked as a manager at an automotive factory.
In 1960, Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad got a tip from agent Peter Malkin. He convinced them to try to find and abduct Eichmann and bring him to Israel to stand trial.
The movie deals with the soul of a Nazi, and how he justified his deeds at the time, and how he lives with himself afterwards. “I just followed orders, like everyone else,” is the simple answer most of the monsters of history have used to justify their bloody deeds. It also addresses the role the Argentinian government played in protecting the Germans.
I just visited Auschwitz – Birkenau. I was surprised at how well constructed the buildings were at Auschwitz. Did the Nazis plan to run that facility for decades? No punishment was too severe for any of those murdering Nazis.
That’s how the Germans build stuff. When you go to old cities that were not destroyed during WW II, there are still buildings today that were built in the 1500 and even before. Entire city blocks are still there. It’s just how they do things.
I have not been to Auschwitz myself, but I have visited Dachau. It’s not possible to forget this once there.