Eichmann on the Air: Radio and the Making of a Historic Trial

security services. Ben Nathan admits that despite the fact that
<strong>Eichmann</strong> had been active in a number of countries, his name
remained relatively unknown. He then relates the difficulties in
ascertaining <strong>Eichmann</strong>’s whereabouts after the war, which took a
turning point following the capture of Dieter Wisliceny, which
divulged important information and led to the discovery of much
needed pictures of <strong>Eichmann</strong>. This was critical since, according to
Ben Asher, <strong>Eichmann</strong> had avoided being photographed and had
made efforts to destroy existing pictures. He also recounts a plan
to kidnap <strong>Eichmann</strong>’s wife and children, whose location had been
known, and thereby force <strong>Eichmann</strong> to surrender himself. The
plan was ultimately rejected by the Hagana authorities.
The presenter moves to an interview with Tuvia Friedman, a
survivor and Ben Nathan’s assistant, who devoted “the last 15 year
to collecting evidences, whether in speech or writing, pertaining to
<strong>Eichmann</strong>’s command of the annihilation of Jews in Europe.”
According to Freidman <strong>Eichmann</strong> had demanded from the Hess,
the commander of Auschwitz, to send 25,000 Jews a day to the
death camps instead of the 15,000 they were sending, "always
threatening that (if not) he would send the SS commanders to the
SS military court, which meant a death punishment to them too.
Day and night he insisted that only during the time of war it would
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