Lives Less Ordinary

The blind Holocaust survivor who caught a fugitive Nazi


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Lothar Hermann found out his neighbour was ‘architect of the Holocaust’ Adolf Eichmann.

Lothar Hermann’s German-Jewish family perished in the Holocaust, but when he escaped to Argentina, little did he know that within a few years a Nazi fugitive would wind up living at the end of his street.

Lilianna Hermann spent two decades uncovering the story of a hidden family hero - her great uncle Lothar - only to find a shocking truth: it was Lothar who had played a vital role in capturing the notorious SS officer and Nazi fugitive, Adolf Eichmann, the man responsible with carrying out Hitler’s Final Solution. But Lothar was not celebrated in Eichmann’s capture and eventual trial and back home Lothar faced threats and indifference from Nazi sympathisers.

This is the unbelievable true story of how a blind survivor, living off his pension, brought down one of the architects of the Holocaust.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar

Producer: Edgar Maddicott and Zoe Gelber

Get in touch: [email protected] or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784

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