Weird History
The Story Behind the Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
2021 • E79 Jul 2, 2021 14m
The incredible details of the cat-and-mouse game between war criminal Adolf Eichmann and those who spent years chasing him seem like they could be ripped from the pages of a Hollywood script. The decades-long hunt for Eichmann is among the most infamous fugitive pursuits in history. Eichmann managed to evade capture until 1960, when Israeli agents seized him in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eichmann was quickly smuggled out of the country -- unbeknownst to Argentine authorities.