Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005) provided the information necessary for Adolf Eichmann was captured in 1960. After trial and sentence Eichman -the main engineer of the "Final Solution," the Nazi program to exterminate Jews and Europeans, governments and organizations of Western justice earmarked significant resources to identify and apprehend those responsible for crimes against humanity during World War II, in many cases thanks to the meticulous research of Wiesenthal