Man who identified Eichmann in Argentina is honored posthumously

German Jew Lothar Hermann, who escaped from Dachau, alerted Israeli authorities to his discovery after sending his daughter to verify his suspicions

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — Lothar Hermann, a German Jew who advised Israel that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was residing in Argentina, was honored.

On Monday, Hermann was publicly recognized by Israeli representatives in Buenos Aires and the Argentinian Jewish umbrella organization DAIA. He also was recognized by the Coronel Suarez City municipality in which he lived and where his unmarked tomb is located. The municipality declared his tomb part of the city’s historical heritage.

 

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