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Eichmann

[ahyk-muhn, ahykh-, ahykh-mahn]

noun

  1. Adolf, 1906–62, German Nazi official: executed for war crimes.



Eichmann

/ ˈç /

noun

  1. Karl Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1902–62, Austrian Nazi official, who took a leading role in organizing the extermination of the European Jews. He escaped to Argentina after World War II, but was captured and executed in Israel as a war criminal

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After the end of World War Two, Argentina - under the leadership of Juan Perón - became a place of refuge for a number of high-ranking Nazis, including Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele.

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When Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann, a key figure in the extermination campaign, they put him on trial in Jerusalem, and televised it.

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Eichmann, one of the leading architects of the Final Solution aimed at wiping out Europe's Jews, was abducted by Israeli agents from Argentina in 1960 and sentenced a year later after a landmark public trial.

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There’s vast latitude in science for disagreement and debate, but calling one’s adversaries or critics criminals or traitors, or placing them in the same category as Mengele, Eichmann and Pol Pot?

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Eichmann, who was captured by Mossad agents in Argentina, was represented by a German lawyer and was found guilty of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and war crimes.

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