23-08-2012, 07:16 AM
If I understood the interview correctly, and with the caveat that there are about a hundred pages of documents that have not been released, I can only speculate. The reason given for not releasing all documents was that Germany is dependent on foreign intelligence services and it would not be in their interest to publish these documents. Great, so much for being an open society and a democracy of informed citizens.
Regarding Eichmann the (informed) theory is that all intelligence services (German BND, CIA and the Israelis) knew for a long time, at least since 1952, that Eichmann lived more or less openly in Argentina and worked for Merceds Benz Argentina as an electrician. But there was absolutely no interest by Ben Gurion to get him before any court, because it could have been very dangerous for him and the prewar Zionist movement who had always wanted to found the state of Israel (contrary to the majority of Jews), if Eichmann would have talked about the secret arrangements between the Nazis and the Zionists.
It is also very likely that the interviews that Willem Sassen, a Dutch Nazi working for the US, conducted with Eichmann from 1957 on were known to the CIA and to the Israelis. Maybe the things that Eichmann said, became too dangerous.
It is also possible that the Russians threatened to open the box on Eichmann and all the other Nazis (around 50000 people).
Regarding Eichmann the (informed) theory is that all intelligence services (German BND, CIA and the Israelis) knew for a long time, at least since 1952, that Eichmann lived more or less openly in Argentina and worked for Merceds Benz Argentina as an electrician. But there was absolutely no interest by Ben Gurion to get him before any court, because it could have been very dangerous for him and the prewar Zionist movement who had always wanted to found the state of Israel (contrary to the majority of Jews), if Eichmann would have talked about the secret arrangements between the Nazis and the Zionists.
It is also very likely that the interviews that Willem Sassen, a Dutch Nazi working for the US, conducted with Eichmann from 1957 on were known to the CIA and to the Israelis. Maybe the things that Eichmann said, became too dangerous.
It is also possible that the Russians threatened to open the box on Eichmann and all the other Nazis (around 50000 people).
The most relevant literature regarding what happened since September 11, 2001 is George Orwell's "1984".