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Today in True Crime

December 13, 1961: The Eichmann Verdict

Today in True Crime

Parcast

Education, True Crime, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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On this day in 1961, the widely publicized trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann reached its conclusion in Jerusalem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today is Friday, December 13th, 2019.

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On this day in 1961, the widely publicized trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann reached its conclusion in Jerusalem.

0:47.0

An O'Bare Stormbunfurer, or Lieutenant Colonel in the Third Reich,

0:52.0

Eichmann was instrumental in keeping the machinery behind

0:56.2

the Nazi death camps running.

0:59.0

He was one of the principal actors responsible for the horrible death toll of the Holocaust.

1:07.0

Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original.

1:15.0

Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes,

1:18.0

listener discretion is advised.

1:20.0

Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

1:24.0

Today we're discussing the trial of Adolf Eichmann.

1:28.0

He was captured by Masad agents in Argentina in 1960 and brought back to Jerusalem to answer for the crimes of the Holocaust.

1:38.5

His trial stretched over eight months and in mid-December of 1961 they were finally ready to read him their decision.

1:50.0

The auditorium at Beetha Am was packed even before any of the judges appeared.

1:59.0

Journalists stood shoulder to shoulder, C. C. C. B. television cameras sat in each corner of the room.

2:07.4

One camera was even nestled by the witness box on the left-hand side of the courtroom. On its own the box was a haunting

2:16.4

image, a solitary cubicle of bulletproof glass. Moments later, the evil man himself was brought in to fill it.

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