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In 1945 he was captured by Allied forces but passed himself off under a false identity. In 1946 he escaped to Austria and then in 1950 he made his way to [[Argentina]] using false documents. There on 11 May 1960 he was captured by a team of [[Mossad]] (Israeli secret service) operatives and smuggled to Israel. He was tried for [[war crimes]] in [[Jerusalem]], sentenced to death, and executed by hanging on 1 June 1962. His body was cremated and the ashes deposited in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
In 1945 he was captured by Allied forces but passed himself off under a false identity. In 1946 he escaped to Austria and then in 1950 he made his way to [[Argentina]] using false documents. There on 11 May 1960 he was captured by a team of [[Mossad]] (Israeli secret service) operatives and smuggled to Israel. He was tried for [[war crimes]] in [[Jerusalem]], sentenced to death, and executed by hanging on 1 June 1962. His body was cremated and the ashes deposited in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
The State of Israel temporarily suspended its ban on [[capital punishment]] making Eichmann is the only person to have been judicially executed in the history of the State of Israel.
The State of Israel temporarily lifted its ban on [[capital punishment]] making Eichmann is the only person to have been judicially executed in the history of the State of Israel.
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