Adolf Eichmann
Otto Adolf Eichmann (pronounced [ˈɔto ˈaːdɔlf ˈaɪ̯çman]; 19 Mairch 1906 – 1 Juin 1962) wis a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) an ane o the major organisers o the Holocaust. Eichmann wis tasked bi SS-Obergruppenführer (general/lieutenant general) Reinhard Heydrich wi facilitatin an managin the logeestics o mass deportation o Jews tae ghettos an extermination camps in German-occupied Eastren Europe during Warld War II. In 1960, Eichmann wis capturt in Argentinae bi Mossad, Israel's intelligence service. Follaein a widely publicised trial in Israel, he wis foond guilty o war crimes an hanged in 1962.
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Born | Otto Adolf Eichmann 19 Mairch 1906 Solingen, Rhine Province, Germany |
Died | 1 Juin 1962 Ramla, Israel | (aged 56)
Cause o daith | Execution bi hangin |
Naitionality | German |
Ither names | Ricardo Klement |
Thrift | SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) |
Employer | RSHA |
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Poleetical pairty | Naitional Socialist German Wirkers' Pairty (NSDAP) |
Criminal charge | War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity |
Criminal penalty | Daith |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Veronika Liebl (m. 1935) |
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