Adolf Eichmann

March 19, 1906 -June 1, 1962
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The Ratline for Adolf Eichmann begins 1945 In a hide out in Tyrol Mountains in Austria with other SS officers. After a few days they asked him to leave, they didn’t want to be caught with a major war criminal.
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From there Adolf Eichmann traveled to the outskirts of Ulm Where he was captured by the US forces.
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Adolf Eichmann was taken to Weiden Germany, He stayed there for 2 months before getting moved to Oberdachstetten. but then escaped from a detention camp and moved around Germany to avoid re-capture.
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On February 5th 1946 Adolf Eichmann escaped to Prien where he was sheltered for six weeks by a nazi sympathizer. From there Adolf Eichmann moved to a small town in Eversen northern Germany.
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There the brother of a captured SS officer employed Adolf Eichmann as a forester until the company went Bankrupt. So than Adolf Eichmann contacted ODESSA.
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ODESSA was funded by the commander of the SS Heinrich Himmler.

ODESSA is a organization that will provide money and the right documents a War criminal would need to escape justice.
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The spring of 1950 With The help of ODESSA he took a train to Munich, then passed through the Brenner Pass to northern Italy. After a few days he heads to Genoa on the north west coast of Italy.
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ODESSA put him in contact with the Red Cross office In Genoa. He was issued a Red Cross passport. He took the passport to the Argentine consulate and they issued him a visa to enter.
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On June 17th 1950 Adolf Eichmann now known as Ricardo Klement boarded a boat to take him to Argentina.
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Full Ratline route.
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Once Adolf Eichmann got to Argentina he worked at a Mercedes dealership.
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