Template:POTD/2009-01-21
A newsreel briefly summarizing the end of the Adolf Eichmann trial, noting that the Israeli court found him guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes and that he was to be hanged. Eichmann, a former Nazi SS officer, was apprehended by Israeli agents from Argentina in 1960 and flown to Israel to stand trial for his role. The trial is widely credited for establishing the Holocaust as an independent event that occurred concurrently with World War II.Film credit: Universal International News