German fight to keep Eichmann files secret over claims officials and Vatican colluded in escape

[Peter Lemkin]

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).

All very good speculations! IMO. Yes, the Eichmann [and others] discussions with some Zionists would be a bit embarrassing. While, yes, Germany from the end of the war until today cooperates with certain other intelligence agencies, these are secrets only to the totally uninformed. Your last point is interesting. Few know that approx. HALF of all of the Nazi archival and military documents have, since the end of the War, been in Soviet [now Russian] custody - and few of them have been released [compared to those the US got]. They are now mostly stored in a special archive in Moscow. Access there is now possible, but not easy, yet the few who have gone have found all kinds of treasures. [and the other half of pieces to puzzles the Western half contained] Of course, parallel with some of those the US has, the ones that are 'secret' from the victors point of view [formerly Geheim of the vanquished] are kept segregated and denied, until 'needed'. Lastly, Germany today really doesn't want more light to be focused on Der Spinne, The Org, Gehlen, and the various fates and activities of other Nazis after the War, generally.