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Otto Adolf Eichmann [a] (/ ˈ aɪ k m ə n / EYEKH-mən, [1] German: [ˈʔɔto ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian [2] official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust.
Sep 9, 2024 · Adolf Eichmann, German high official who was hanged by the State of Israel for his part in the Holocaust, the Nazi extermination of Jews during World War II. Following the war Eichmann lived in Germany under a false name before fleeing to Argentina, where he was arrested by Israeli secret service agents in 1960.
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The Eichmann trial was the 1961 trial in Israel of major Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann who was kidnapped in Argentina by Israeli agents and brought to Israel to stand trial. [1] Eichmann was a senior Nazi party member and served at the rank of Obersturmbenführer (Lieutenant-Colonel) in the SS , and was one of the people ...
Aug 30, 2018 · Adolf Eichmann was one of the most pivotal actors in the implementation of the “Final Solution.” Charged with managing and facilitating the mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and killing centers in the German-occupied East, he was among the major organizers of the Holocaust. Eichmann (1906–1962) was born in Solingen, Germany, on March 19, 1906.
Learn how the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad tracked down and kidnapped Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the Holocaust, in Argentina in 1960. Find out how he was brought to trial in Jerusalem and executed for his crimes against humanity.
W hen Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann escaped from the Allied forces that had captured him after World War II, he disappeared and was presumed dead by some — but Israel’s first Prime Minister David...
May 2, 2019 · Learn about the daring spy operation that brought Adolf Eichmann, a chief architect of the Holocaust, to justice in Israel. Discover how Eichmann escaped, how he was found and how his trial shocked the world.
