Maltz captures Eichmann exhibit in first display outside Israel

(Cleveland Jewish News)

One can only imagine the negotiations behind “Operation Finale,” the Adolf Eichmann exhibit set to open Feb. 19 at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Beachwood. They involved museum founder Milton Maltz; the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency; Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv; and Ellen Rudolph, executive director of the Maltz Museum.

This multimedia “world premiere exhibition,” subtitled “the capture & trial of Adolf Eichmann,” expands on a smaller one at Beit Hatfutsot, Rudolph said Feb. 4. Talks began more than two years ago, before Rudolph took the museum’s top post. She called Maltz, who had been piqued by the Beit Hatfutsot original, the “driving force” behind this. Maltz was traveling and unavailable for comment.

 

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