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Eichmann
[ahyk-muhn, ahykh-, ahykh-mahn]
noun
Adolf, 1906–62, German Nazi official: executed for war crimes.
Eichmann
/ ˈç /
noun
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
Example Sentences
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.
When Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann, a key figure in the extermination campaign, they put him on trial in Jerusalem, and televised it.
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.
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?
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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