The House on Garibald Street

A real life escaped genocide murder mystery – solved!  The House on Garibaldi Street tells the story of how Adolf Eichmann, the man who directed the Third Reich’s "Final Solution" to “exterminate” all Jews from Germany was found and captured.  It is written by the person who master-minded the plot when evidence was delivered his way, Isser Harel.  Harel was appointed in 1952 by the Prime Minister of Israel to lead the newly created Israel foreign intelligence agency called Mossad.  Isser provides a listing of the “players” in the perfectly executed plan to capture Eichmann when a German Jew, now living in Argentina, divulges to a friend in Germany who is a Jewish descendent that he believes Eichmann is residing in Argentina.  The book is named after the home where Eichmann is believed to reside, “The House on Garibaldi Street.”  Isser leaves no stone unturned in ensuring the plan is executed to perfection for fear that other Nazi Germans whom have relocated underground to Argentina may help save Eichmann.  The plan includes learning about Eichmann’s movements everyday and ends with him abducted while walking home from work and drugged so that they can fly him back to Israel to be tried for the war crimes he committed.  The reason for learning about Eichmann was through a girl who was dating Eichmann’s son, who decided to keep his last name and provided information that convinced Mr. Hermann it was Eichmann.  This is a really interesting overview of what happened… think about no cell phones, limited communication between the Israel undercover in Buenos Aries and Israel, compared to the bugging devices, etc. that we have now....  For those who aren’t aware of the genocide in Germany to the Jews, you may want to review before reading this one as this serves as a conclusion of sorts.  So sad how many people were destroyed by such evil people…  A good read.