On History of Israel Explained this week, we're covering one of the defining events of Israeli history - the Eichmann Trial. In 1960, Adolf Eichmann, the infamous "Architect" of the Final Solution, was captured in a daring mission known - fittingly - as Operational Finale.

The capturing, trial, and execution of this Nazi criminal in 1962 had wide ranging ramifications. Not only did it bring the events of the Holocaust into the open in an unprecedented way, it was the also the catalyst that helped a traumatized generation of survivors in Israel begin to talk about their wartime experiences.

But not everyone agreed Eichmann should have been brought to Israel to stand trial, with some questioning the legality of Israel's actions in smuggling Eichmann out of Argentina.

The trial also raised a number of questions about the true nature of evil (it gave rise to Hannah Arendt's famous phrase, "the banality of evil," and the extent to which Nazi hunters could - and should - go to bring their targets to justice.

What do you think? Can a person do evil without being evil? Does Israel have the right, even the obligation, to capture Nazi criminals and do countries have the right to trample on international law as a way of getting around thorny extradition laws?

Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Who was Adolf Eichmann?
01:14 How to respond to genocide of the Holocaust?
01:31 The Eichmann Trial
01:49 Eichmann's involvement in the Holocaust
02:13 Eichmann's escape to Argentina
02:29 Operation Finale
03:38 Anti-Semitism in Argentina
04:02 Controversy surrounding Eichmann's arrest and trial
05:07 Why Israel stood its ground regarding the capture of Eichmann
05:50 Evidence presented at the trial
06:18 Eichmann as unrepentant
07:08 Evil or simply swept up in a movement?
08:02 Eichmann found guilty and sentenced to death
08:30 Removing stigma and shame felt by Holocaust survivors
08:46 Questions raised by the Eichmann Trial
09:21 Effects of the Eichmann Trial on the world
09:54 Outro

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Photo/Video Credit:
- USHMM
- NARA
- Yad Vashem
- GPO/Fritz Cohen/Moshe Milner/John Milli

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- Shevi Peters
- Adam Milstein

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- Meryl and Sam Solomon, Beit Zayit
- Lily and Kam Babaoff

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- The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation
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