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Eichmann

American

[ahyk-muhn, ahykh-, ahykh-mahn] / ˈaɪk mən, ˈaɪx-, ˈaɪxˌmɑn /

noun

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

Eichmann British

/ ˈaiçman /

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

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In her much-misunderstood essay on Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt emphasized not his evil but his “sheer thoughtlessness.”

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Its agents in 1960 had kidnapped Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and spirited him back to Israel for trial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The last time was when the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, was hanged in 1962, after a public trial.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

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.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

Eichmann was found guilty and hanged in 1962.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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