Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann
Otto Adolf Eichmannwas a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführerand one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. Eichmann was tasked by SS-ObergruppenführerReinhard Heydrich with facilitating and managing the logistics of mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in German-occupied Eastern Europe during World War II. In 1960, he was captured in Argentina by Mossad, Israel's intelligence service. Following a widely publicised trial in Israel, he was found guilty of war crimes and hanged in 1962...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionCriminal
Date of Birth19 March 1906
CountryGermany
Long live Germany. Long live Austria. Long live Argentina. These are the countries with which I have been most closely associated and I shall not forget them. I had to obey the rules of war and my flag. I am ready.
Repentance is for little children.
Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.