did goldman gilad know he would go on to play a pivotal role as an investigator in the trial of adolf eichmannhe entered the room, i saw a poor, frightened person shaking. and in comparison to eichmann in his ss uniform, i couldn't believe it, it was the same person standing in front of me, responsible for the death of my parents. when he opened his mouth, i cannot forget this, when he opened his mouth i saw the doors of the crematorium open. >> reporter: goldman gilad and investigative team, many of them holocaust survivors themselves, interrogated eichmann over the course of several months. they went through thousands upon thousands of documents, piecing together the horrific events and building a volume of evidence that they hoped could prove eichmann's role beyond a shadow of a doubt. >> translator: one of the documents was from poland documenting a single transport to auschwitz in november, 1943. and it has a list of numbers of those who arrived, those who were sent to the camps, those sent to the crematoriums. i realized my number is part of that list. 161135. so i look at them and i sai

did goldman gilad know he would go on to pay a pivotal role as an investigator in the trial of adolf eichmannom. and when he entered the room i saw a poor, frightened person shaking. and in comparison to eichmann in his ss uniform, this ubermoench, i couldn't believe that it was the person responsible for the death of my parents. but when he opened his mouth, i cannot forget this. when he opened his mouth, i saw the doors of the crematorium open. >> after months of the prosecution presenting its case, eichmann finally took the stand in his own defense. under cross-examination, despite being confronted with documents that showed his direct involvement, eichmann repeatedly claimed he was just following orders. >> i am not beating about the bush. i was also one of those receiving orders and not giving orders. >> he lied through and through. he was acting, he was acting all the time. >> september 1939, the accused committed acts of expelling, uprooting and exterminating the population in coordination with -- >> finally in december 1961, the trial was over, and the verdict was in. the court found

did goldman gilad know he would go on to play a pivotal role as an investigator in the trial of adolf eichmannranslator: i was in my investigation room, and when he entered the room, i saw a poor, frightened person shaking. and in comparison to eichmann in his ss uniform, this uber mensch, i couldn't believe it. it was the same person standing in front of me responsible for the dead of my parents. when he opened his mouth, i cannot forget this. when he opened his mouth, i saw the doors of the crematorium open. >> reporter: goldman gilad and the investigative team, many of them holocaust survivors themselves, interrogated eichmann over the course of several months. they went through thousands upon thousands of documents, piecing together the horrific events and building a volume of evidence that they hoped could prove eichmann's role beyond a shadow of a doubt. >> translator: one of the documents was from poland documenting a single transport to auschwitz in november 1943. and it has a list of numbers of those who arrived. those who were sent to the camps, those sent to the crematoriums. i real

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