The Holocaust left a wound in the hearts of the Jewish population. Following World War II, the majority of Jews were unable to speak of the horrors they endured throughout the war. In 1957, when Isser Harel received news of an at-large Nazi commander living in Argentina, hope began to blossom. Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, had the abilities to bring comfort and elation to thousands of Jewish people, and, specifically, themselves. In The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb, Mossad side-steps Argentina’s laws to capture Adolf Eichmann, and to bring a powerful unity among the surviving Jewish people.
The team of Nazi Hunters was comprised of individuals who had passionate wills to completely end the continuous suffering resulting from the Holocaust, and the team’s effort was powerful.
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To the world’s dismay, many Nazi commanders, including the aforementioned Adolf Eichmann, fled through a network similar to the Underground Railroad, and avoided persecution. Argentina had publicly favored the Nazis, and, therefore, as each arrived, harbored them in many communities throughout the country.
However, some families emigrated to Argentina because they could hide their Jewish lineage, and safely reside in these German communities. Lothar Herman and his family did this, and his daughter, Sylvia, one day in 1957 made a startling discovery: her previous boyfriend, Nick Eichmann, could possibly be the infamous Adolf Eichmann’s son. After taking a trip to confirm their identities, Lothar writes to a German Jewish attorney general in Europe detailing their discovery.
As the news passed from the Israeli Foreign Minister to the director of Mossad, the said director reflected on it. The Israelites, at the time, wanted to focus their efforts on the present and to build a strong country, not dwell on their painful pasts; this resulted in rare efforts to search for Nazi