May 11, 1960-Adolf Eichmann is captured in Argentina by the Israeli secret service. In the years following World War I, there was spiraling hyperinflation of the German currency (Reichsmark) by 1923.The causes included the burdensome reparations imposed after World War I, coupled with a general inflationary period in Europe in the 1920s (another direct result of a materially catastrophic war). He presided over a German administration that included many Austrian-born Nazis. Found guilty and hanged at Ramleh on May 31, 1962. Here are 11 of the most-watched since then. April 11 - August 14 - Eichmann on trial in Jerusalem for crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of the European Jews during World War II. The latest TV drama news, episode guides, interviews, trailers, comment and updates from RadioTimes.com. While the British were leaving esteemed historians (and deep-cover MI-6 spooks, like Trevor-Roper) to despair of ever knowing the truth, the Americans were, ironically, lending credence to Hitler death conspiracy theories stating that he and other prominent Nazis had escaped. After the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, a civil administration was installed under SS auspices. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. The Undermining of Democracy in Germany. The “Schutzstaffel” (German for “protective echelon”) was founded in 1925 and served as Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler’s (1889-1945) personal bodyguards. On April 11, 1961, the trial of war criminal Adolf Eichmann was the first to be completely televised. Next Sunday is the 60th anniversary of the opening of his trial in Jerusalem. Venezuela to request UN aid to clear mines from Colombia border. A string of events thrust the topic into full consciousness, from belated public investigations into German war crimes on the eastern front, to Israel’s capture and trial of Adolf Eichmann … Notably, the trial was heavily broadcast … After being brought to Israel, Eichmann stood trial for a number of crimes, including crimes against humanity. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said in a televised speech that the country is preparing to ask for immediate emergency aid from the UN to defuse antipersonnel mines allegedly placed in the southeast of the country by Colombian armed groups. He and Hugh Laurie are the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster.. Fry's film acting roles include … Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. 1961. Thus, the only explanation for the national broadcast that began minutes after Macri finished his book launch — in which Alberto Fernández essentially asked society to be responsible ahead of the imminent second wave of Covid-19 — seems to be the need to box out Macri by occupying the airwaves. The Dreyfus affair (French: l'affaire Dreyfus, pronounced [lafɛːʁ dʁɛfys]) was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. Arthur Seyss-Inquart was appointed Reich Commissar. "L'Affaire", as it is known in French, has come to symbolise modern injustice in the Francophone world, and it remains one of the most notable examples of a complex miscarriage of justice and antisemitism. Eichmann would eventually be executed for his role in coordinating the murder of millions of Jews.