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Some Nazis were able to evade capture entirely, the most notable being [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], [[Martin Bormann]], and [[Heinrich Müller]]: | Some Nazis were able to evade capture entirely, the most notable being [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], [[Martin Bormann]], and [[Heinrich Müller]]: | ||
*Eichmann would be captured in South America by the Israeli Mossad decades later. He was hanged for [[crimes against humanity]] at Ayalon Prison in Ramla, Israel. | *Eichmann would be captured in South America by the Israeli Mossad decades later. He was hanged for [[crimes against humanity]] at Ayalon Prison in Ramla, Israel in 1962. | ||
*Mengele managed to stay in hiding and died in Brazil in 1979 without ever facing justice. | *Mengele managed to stay in hiding and died in Brazil in 1979 without ever facing justice. | ||
*Bormann would die shortly after the war ended but his remains would go unidentified for three decades. It is believed that he was killed by Soviet troops as he tried to flee Berlin. | *Bormann would die shortly after the war ended but his remains would go unidentified for three decades. It is believed that he was killed by Soviet troops as he tried to flee Berlin. | ||