Find more facts and information on our topic page about
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann, (Karl) Adolf
Eichmann, (Karl) Adolf (1906–62) German administrator. He was responsible for carrying out Hitler's final solution and for administering the concentration camps, in which 6 million Jews perished. After the war he went into hiding in Argentina, but in 1960 he was traced by Israeli agents, abducted, tried, and subsequently executed.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
'Adolf Eichmann is a historical figure to me.' Ricardo Eichmann speaks to Suzanne Glass about growing up the fatherless son of the Nazi war criminal hanged in Israel
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/7/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...suppose you all know the significance of the name Eichmann. Adolf Eichmann was my father. If you think that means I am a Nazi...His mother, Vera Eichmann, was 45. His father, Adolf Eichmann, alias Richard Klement, was 50. In hiding from...
|
|
Adolf Eichmann: understanding evil in form and content.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Human Rights & Human Welfare; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Criminal Case 40/61, the Trial of Adolf Eichmann by Harry Mulisch. Philadelphia...early as 1958 it had knowledge of Adolf Eichmann's whereabouts in Argentina...Israeli secret agents kidnapped Adolf Eichmann on the streets of Buenos Aires...
|
|
Eichmann: the man, his crimes, and his trial.(Shoah)(Adolf Otto Eichmann)
Magazine article from: Midstream; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...dedicated "desk murderers," Adolf Eichmann. As the German forces of Hitler...days of the Second World War, Adolf Eichmann gathered his subordinates in...Jerusalem District Court tried Adolf Otto Eichmann for the ghastly crimes he committed...
|
|
'The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann,' Friday night on A&E cable. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/7/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann,'' a two-hour...find and catch him. Eichmann, born in Germany...Party shortly after Adolf Hitler came to power...befriended one of Eichmann's several wartime...photograph of ``my Adolf.'' She allowed...
|
|
'The Trial of Adolf Eichmann'
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 5/2/1997; 700+ words
; ...Cleveland Jewish News 05-02-1997 `The Trial of Adolf Eichmann' When Adolf Eichmann, the man responsible for the deaths of millions...subject of the riveting documentary, "The Trial of Adolf Eichmann." It airs Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m. on WVIZ...
|
|
|
Memoirs of an accidental mass murderer Adolf Eichmann was just a former salesman of electrical goods who, through no fault of his own, became the chief technician of the Holocaust. At least, that's the way he tells it
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/13/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...execution for war crimes, Adolf Eichmann is showering posterity...efficient mass murderers. Adolf Eichmann did not kill for pleasure...rejoiced at his arrival. Eichmann's father did not much like the little Adolf, that was patently clear...
|
 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
|
Justice for Iraq's Saddam: Tale of Adolf Eichmann trial may be instructive.
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA); 3/31/2004; 700+ words
; ...Romano ``The State of Israel vs. Adolf Eichmann'' by Hanna Yablonka, translated...t like Israel's handling of Adolf Eichmann, either. After Mossad agents...adding, "Were they to throw Adolf Eichmann into a Jewish town where he would...
|
|
|
Justice for Iraq's Saddam: Tale of Adolf Eichmann trial may be instructive.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/31/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Romano ``The State of Israel vs. Adolf Eichmann'' by Hanna Yablonka, translated...t like Israel's handling of Adolf Eichmann, either. After Mossad agents...adding, "Were they to throw Adolf Eichmann into a Jewish town where he would...
|
|
Exploring Adolf Eichmann and the nature of genocide.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...is scarcely possible to think of Adolf Eichmann without immediately thinking of...Cesarani's book, "Becoming Eichmann," should be "Deconstructing...how and why "her depiction of Eichmann was self-serving, prejudiced...
|
|
|
The arts: The human death merchant A new documentary about Adolf Eichmann's trial is causing outrage. What it deserves is applause. By Charlotte O'Sullivan
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/3/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...grilled like a steak." The man is Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official who organised...never- seen-before footage of Eichmann's 1961 trial in Jerusalem, is...are reflected in the window of Eichmann's little office-cubicle - his...
|
|
Adolf Eichmann
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Adolf Eichmann Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962) was responsible for the persecution and murder of millions of Jews in the death camps in Europe during World War II. On May 13, 1960, Adolf Eichmann was seized by Israeli agents in Argentina and smuggled...
|
|
Eichmann, Adolf: Israeli Capture
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Eichmann, Adolf: Israeli Capture █ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER Karl Adolf Eichmann (1906 – 1962) was the head of the German Gestapo Department...
|
|
Eichmann, Adolf
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Eichmann, Adolf (1906–62), SS Obersturmbannführer (lt-colonel...hanged. Bibliography Pearlman, M. , The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann (London, 1963).
|
|
Eichmann, (Karl) Adolf
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Eichmann, (Karl) Adolf (1906–62) German Nazi, head of the notorious section IV-B-4 of the Reich Central Security Office in World War II . Eichmann supervised the Nazi policies of deportation, slave labour, and mass...
|
|
Eichmann, Karl Adolf
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Eichmann, Karl Adolf (b. 19 Mar. 1906, d. 31 May 1962). Nazi war criminal Originally...to death and hanged. For many observers, including Hannah Arendt, Eichmann became the epitome of the unrelenting Nazi perpetrator feigning powerlessness...
|
