Hunting Eichmann（ISBN=） 英文原版

After WWII, notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann lived
comfortably in Buenos Aires under an alias. Nazi hunters like Simon
Wiesenthal sought Eichmann fruitlessly until 1956, when Eichmann’s
son bragged about his father’s war exploits to his girlfriend’s
father, a half-Jew who had been blinded by the Gestapo and who
alerted a Jewish attorney general of Hesse in Germany known for his
prosecution of Nazis.
    Bascomb (The Perfect Mile) details Eichmann’s
wartime atrocities and postwar escapes, and how, in 1960, the
Israelis decided to have secret service operatives (one of whom,
Isser Harel, recounted these events in 1975’s The House on
Garibaldi Street)—mostly Holocaust survivors—secretly kidnap
Eichmann and fly him to Israel on El Al, disguised as an airline
employee. Tried in Israel in 1961, Eichmann was executed in 1962.
These were early days for Israel’s now-legendary intelligence
agencies, Mossad and Shin Bet, and it’s fascinating how they
accomplished their goal without the technical and monetary support
that’s now standard.
    Bascomb’s work is well researched, including
interviews with former Israeli operatives and El Al staff who
participated in the capture, as well as Argentine fascists. This is
a gripping read.