About this episode
The episode discusses Willem Sassen's recorded interviews with Adolf Eichmann and features insights from his daughter, Saskia Sassen.
In the 1950s, Dutch journalist Willem Sassen recorded hours of interview with the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann about his involvement in the Holocaust, before his capture in Argentina by Israeli agents. Willem's daughter Saskia Sassen tells Louise Hidalgo about the tapes, her memories of their secret visitor and the night the Israelis snatched Eichmann off the streets of Buenos Aires. This programme was first broadcast in 2015. Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by and curious about the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from how the Excel spreadsheet was developed, the creation of cartoon rabbit Miffy and how the sound barrier was broken. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: the moment Reagan and Gorbachev met in Geneva, Haitian singer Emerante de Pradines’ life and Omar Sharif’s…
People in this episode
Host: Louise Hidalgo
Guest: Saskia Sassen
Topics covered
- Nazi war criminals
- Holocaust
- journalism
- historical interviews
- Adolf Eichmann
- family memories
Keywords
- Eichmann interviews
- Willem Sassen
- Holocaust
- Nazi
- journalism
- Argentina
- Saskia Sassen
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Israeli agents
Places: Argentina, Buenos Aires
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