German war criminal Adolf Eichmann lived in exile for years without being found out. But in 1960 he was kidnapped by the Israeli secret service and brought to justice. Fifty years later, Renate Liebeskind, a young German translator living in Argentina, is hired to translate that trial into Spanish. THE GERMAN NEIGHBOR portrays the unusual life and the exceptional legal defense of Eichmann. Eichmann’s vulnerable image and matter of fact testimony puzzle Renate. Entangled by certainty and ambiguity, she starts looking for answers in conversations with historians, reporters, philosophers, and family members.
How could the nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann lead such an inconspicuous life in Argentina? A search for traces among his former Jewish neighbors.
German war criminal Adolf Eichmann lived in exile for years without being found out. But in 1960 he was kidnapped by the Israeli secret service and brought to justice. Fifty years later, Renate Liebeskind, a young German translator living in Argentina, is hired to translate that trial into Spanish. THE GERMAN NEIGHBOR portrays the unusual life and the exceptional legal defense of Eichmann.
Eichmann’s vulnerable image and matter of fact testimony puzzle Renate. Entangled by certainty and ambiguity, she starts looking for answers in conversations with historians, reporters, philosophers, and family members.