We will suggest, however, that you head over to the Florida Holocaust Museum — before July 15 — and check out Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann. It's bound to (at first) horrify you, then affirm that good can, ultimately, triumph over evil.
Adolf Eichmann was a sick bastard, simply put, and this exhibit details how the Mossad captured him — a continent away from where Eichmann orchestrated the mass extermination of children, women, and men (because they were Jewish, gay or Jehovah's Witnesses). He was a mastermind of horror, and this trial brought his sins to the world (it was one of the first in history to be broadcast) — and showed the world that good can triumph.
The exhibition is a stunning recreation of the steps taken to take an evil person off the planet. Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann walks you through the early days of the Holocaust, to the end of the war, to Eichmann's escape, pursuit and capture — and the trial. You'll even see the bulletproof glass behind which Eichmann testified.
There's more about the exhibit that will give you chills, but we'll let you discover that on your own.
Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Florida Holocaust Museum, 55 Fifth St. S., St. Petersburg | Through July 15: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., daily | $16; $14, over 65; $18, college students; and $8, under 18 | 727-820-0100 | Learn more
This article appears in Jun 14-21, 2018.