Bus 203 page 5 by ric Gustafson
A member of the Jewish Brigade asked Simon Wiesenthal if he had heard of an Adolf Eichmann. Wiesenthal looked through his files but could not find much. He only had a last name and that he was a lieutenant colonel.
Wiesenthal in June of 1945 welcome American soldiers as they liberated Mauthausen. He collapsed because he weighed only ninety seven pounds. The camps had killed most of his family including his mother. After gaining back his health, he asked the American led War Crimes Unit if he could help them track down some of those responsible for the war crimes. They said yes and he gathered ninety one names and the description of their crimes.
Because of information Wiesenthal gathered together about Eichmann, OSS agents found Eichmann's father. He admitted his son was Adolf Eichmann but that he knew nothing of his wartime actions. He admitted that his son had three boys and that his wife was Vera Liebl. The agents demanded a picture of their son but the father could not come up with one. His son did not like being photographed.
research help: ' Hunting Eichmann' by Neal Bascomb
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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