Gabriel Bach fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938, first to Amsterdam and then to Palestine in 1940. He would later serve as a member of the legal team that prosecuted Adolf Eichmann in Israel in 1961
After the end of World War Two, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann lived a quiet life in Argentina. Until May of 1960, when the Israeli secret service Mossad abducted him and brought him to Israel, to stand trial.
generations not to hate and to avoid such hatred. otherwise our struggle against evil will be in vain. as the grandson of two holocaust survivors i am part of one of those new generations. 60 years ago gabriel bach and michael goldman stood up and fought for justice for their own families, for mine and for millions of others. pam, both of these men understand that they are among the last living direct eyewitnesses to the atrocities committed by the holocaust. and they both stressed to me it s so important that their story be told and retold and remembered because as they bold told me we cannot forget the lessons of the holocaust and of the quest to bring adolph eichmaan to justice. i mean, i have chills.
it was a it was a tragedy of the jewish people, so a lot of it wasn t spoken about. until eichmann. during the period of 1939 to 1945, caused the killing of millions of jews in his capacity as the person responsible for the execution of the nazi plans or the physical extermination of the jews known as the final solution. gabriel bach now 94 years old was one of the prosecutors who tried eichman in the newly formed court system. it was one of these very, very special moments here in a jewish state in a jewish trial we are representatives of the jewish people and that we can show that the men who murdered millions of people of our
60 years ago, gabriel bach and michael goldman gilad stood up and fought for justice, for their own families, for mine, and for millions of others. oh, my gosh. i mean, cnn senior legal analyst with us now. that is so incredibly powerful. how important it is to help all generations but particularly the young generations understand the gravity of what took place, yes, 60 years ago, but the relevance of today, too. i mean, this is this was really hareartwrenching to hear experiences of holocaust survivors. why do you think it s so important that people of all generations really understand how elements of this part of history can today pedal similar divisiveness, hate, and life and death lies today? fred, both of these men who i had the privilege to interview,