On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad
Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.
Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
