Adolf Eichmann, an influential figure in Nazi Germany, played a pivotal role in the planning and execution of the Holocaust. His importance to Hitler and the Nazi regime, his post-war activities, his capture, trial and eventual execution reveal a dark page in history.

Adolf Eichmann, born in Germany in 1906, served during World War II. He rose through the ranks during World War II, reaching the position of SS-Obersturmbannführer in the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA).

Eichmann became Hitler's right-hand man and led the organization of the "Final Solution", the systematic genocide of the Jewish population.

His responsibilities included establishing concentration camps, planning deportations, and organizing the extermination of the Jewish people.

After the war, Eichmann tried to escape justice by fleeing to Austria and later settling in Argentina.

To escape the war crimes investigation, he assumed a new identity and started a new life in South America.

Several Holocaust survivors, including Jewish Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, devoted themselves to finding Eichmann and other Nazis.

Wiesenthal learned from a letter shown to him in 1953 that Eichmann had been seen in Buenos Aires.

In 1960, Mossad agents captured Eichmann in Argentina and brought him to Israel.

In 1961, Eichmann faced a historic trial in Tel Aviv, accused of being the chief architect of the Holocaust and committing war crimes. The court found Eichmann guilty, holding him responsible for the systematic genocide of millions of Jews.

Eichmann was sentenced to death in 1962. He was executed by hanging on June 1, 1962. Eichmann's execution marked a rare example of the perpetrator of Nazi atrocities being held accountable for his actions.