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Mossad agents kidnap an American Jewish man, accuse him of being a fugitive Nazi war criminal and take him to Jerusalem to face trial for genocide.

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On june 1, 1962. 60 years later with the number of witnesses to innazi campaign of terror shrinking by the day the risk of holocaust distortion and denial is a threat that makes the lessons of the eichmann trial more relevant today than ever. the fight against hate based on race, religion, ethnicity, sex is still a battle being fought. white supremacy and racial hatred remain serious threats, and they're on the rise. >> translator: with the death of eichmann the murderous ideology of nationalist socialism was not scattered. it's still existing here and there and the full hatred, hatred that is...

March. little did he know he would go onto play a pivotal role as an investigator in the trial of adolph eichmanm. >> 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 this ss uniform, i couldn't believe it it was the same person standing in front of me responsible for the death of my parents. but when he opened his mouth -- i cannot forget this. when he opened his mouth i saw the doors of the crematorium open. >> reporter: after months of the prosecution presenting its case eichmann finally took th...

Claimed he was just following orders. >> translator: i am not beating about the bush. i was in hungary also one of those receiving orders and not giving orders. >> translator: he lied through and through. he was acting. he was acting all the time. >> the accused committed acts of expelling, up rooting and exterminating the population. >> reporter: finally in december 1961 the trial was over and the verdict was in. the court find eichmann guilty and sentenced him to death. >> here was a man who was appointed to be in charge of causing the carrying out of the murder of millions of people. so if ...