Aside from demonstrating that Israel felt responsible for the entire Jewish People, and accordingly would bring a mass-murderer to trial for an act that had been perpetuated before the State was formed, and not on its turf, extracting him from a third country half a world away, Israel's prime minister had an educational agenda that would be accomplished through the trial.

Israel's youth had never encountered the Holocaust and were appallingly ignorant and derisive about the subject. How could Jews be so passive about their own deaths, they wondered, and they treated survivors with scorn instead of with the respect and sympathy that they deserved.

The Eichmann trial changed all of this as the entire country listed in rapt attention as 110 witnesses took the stand and explained in meticulous detail what the Nazis perpetrated and what they had suffered. As Israel's lead prosecutor said in his opening statement that he does not stand alone, with him are six million accusers.

The trial was well-received around the world as an embodiment of historical justice, although it surprisingly also revealed the banality of evil.

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Schindler's list - John Williams - NL orchestra Guilliame

How did the Mossad capture the Man who disappeared: Unpacked

The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann CBS Sunday Morning
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | Yad Vashem

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The Talmud teaches that God's seal is truth; lying displays that you care more what your fellow man thinks than what the Lord thinks of you. A half a truth is a whole lie and partial truths should not be rationalized or legitimized. One of the attributes of The Valorous Woman that Solomon extolls is "the heart of her husband trusts in her." Trust can only be earned by being a consistently honest person, whose word is constantly reliable, and admits when they make a mistake.
Everyone knows that lies travel at a faster velocity than the truth; and this was even before the digital age. Thanks to the internet and social media, a lie is far more powerful than ever previously conceived.
Hitler outlined his plan for ruling Germany in his manifesto ,Mein Kampf. A key component to taking power was the implementation of the "Big Lie," explained at length in our forthcoming character episode p"G (Season Six, Episode 7).

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf: a lesson in honesty: Kid Stories

Rita Panahi and Australian Sky News with guest Alext Stein
From Nazi Propaganda to Digital Hate: How Messages Spread: Nous and Ali Javed

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In a daring and bold action, Israel's Mossad captured Adolph Eichmann, the man most responsible for the Nazi genocide of European Jewry. How the Mossad managed to locate Eichmann in the Nazi haven of Argentina and secret him out undetected is described in detail in this episode. Also described are the emotions that gnawed at the minds of all Israelis. Could even a fraction of justice ever be exacted for the millions that were lost?

The enormity of Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem to be tried by Jewish judges in Jewish state was lost on no one.

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Schindler's list - John Williams - NL orchestra Guilliame
How the 1944 Hungarian Massacre Sent 440,000 Jews to Death and Ended in Execution-Rethinking WW II
How did the Mossad capture the Man who disappeared: Unpacked
The Dark Night Alec Koff Label

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