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Thinking that it couldnt have possibly happened. so just as we saw in your piece, while through the power of survivors they actually helped bring eichmann to justice, but then like one of them said in your piece, there is no vengeance for what was done to the jewish people. why werent there more of these nazi officials who were brought to justice? many were able to escape to neighboring countries and just kind of, you know, blend in. but what are some of the stories behind -- did the effort ceas...

The fight against hate based on race, religion, ethnicity, sex, is a battle thats still being fought. [ chants ] white supremacy and racial hatred remain serious threats, and theyre on the rise. >> translator: with the death of eichmann, the murderous idealogy of nationalist socialism was not scattered. it is still existing here and there in the form of hatred. hatred that is dangerous. we must be on guard so that catastrophes do not repeat themselves. hatred can cause catastrophes and bring an ...

Across the globe watched as adolf eichmann, the notorious nazi official known as the architect of the holocaust, stood trial in jerusalem for crimes against humanity. >> but i do remember it happening, and i remember more of the aspect of like -- they got this guy. i remember from that point on it certainly -- people began to understand what this was about. >> reporter: 11 months earlier, israeli agents had captured eichmann in argentina where hed been living as a fugitive for a decade. they bro...

Youre more than just an investor, youre an owner so you can build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner. welcome back. it has been 60 years since the notorious nazi known as the architect of the holocaust stood trial for his atrocities. adolf eichmann was responsible for the systemic, unimaginable murder of millions of jews, charged with crimes against humanity. his trial in israel was watched all over the world. cnn has a look at the eichmann trial and how history surrounding...

Would go on to play a pivotal role as an investigator in the trial of adolf eichmann. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: i was in my investigation room, and when he entered the room, i saw a poor, frightened person shaking. and in comparison to eichmann in his ss uniform, i couldnt believe it, it was the same person standing in front of me, responsible for the death of my parents. when he opened his mouth, i cannot forget this, when he opened his mouth i saw the doors of the crematoriu...

Laundrie, i think investigators will get to that point. and if that leads to some criminality, i think thats a place we could be moving forward. >> yeah. all right. and then back to the whole many tentacles, still unclear a lot of the circumstances surrounding gabby petitos death. we know that the cause of death has been determined to be strangulation, but still so many other questions left unanswered. joey jackson, thank you so much. >> thank you. all right, still ahead, he was known as the a...

Point. >> you have to understand now everyone knows the holocaust with a capital "h." when we grew up, this was not a thing. the holocaust was not a thing. it was a private tragedy, it was a tragedy of the jewish people. so a lot of it wasnt spoken about until eichmann. >> together with others during the period of 1939 to 1945, caused the killing of millions of jews in his capacity as the person responsible for the execution of the nazis plan for the physical extermination of the jews, known as ...

Geographically and throughout. >> reporter: after months of the prosecution presenting its case, eichmann finally took the stand in his own defense. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i wanted it to be clear to everyone in the world that this was -- this man was given a just trial. that he was given the possibility to have a defense counsel who would be covered by the government. he asked for a german and, therefore, the government agreed to that, and i certainly agreed with that. and that whole t...

Me, and i answered it honestly, and they said i floated the issue of possible impeachment. thats so far removed. yes, i answered the question. when i think seriously about it the ramifications of this is very, very serious and i said almost owl our presidents have committed unconstitutional offenses in my lifetime, and some of them have been pretty bad, and i think -- quite frankly, issuing the killing of an american citizen without any charges -- just remember, adolph eichman, how can you be wo...