The Reckoning: Fritz Bauer and the Hunt for Adolf Eichmann

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In 2026, we mark the 65th anniversary of the Eichmann Trial, a turning point in the world’s reckoning with the Holocaust. German historian Anette Isaacs invites you to explore the gripping story behind Adolf Eichmann’s dramatic capture in Argentina, and the extraordinary man who made it possible. Few know that it was Fritz Bauer, a courageous German-Jewish prosecutor, who quietly alerted the Mossad to Eichmann’s whereabouts, defying a postwar Germany steeped in silence and denial. This powerful lecture honors Bauer’s legacy while also delving into Eichmann’s disturbing decade in Buenos Aires: was he merely the faceless bureaucrat of Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil”—or something far more chilling? This event is also available virtually.