Eichmann

[ ahyk-muhn, ahykh-; German ahykh-mahn ]

noun

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

Eichmann

/ ˈaiçman /

noun

1. EichmannKarl Adolf19021962MAustrianPOLITICS: Nazi official 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

She wants to puncture all of the caricatures that blunt the harsh reality of Eichmann.

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But we might see in the man a little of fascism, as if Eichmann was smiling back.

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She refused to see Eichmann as pure evil and refused to see Jews as pure victims.

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A brilliant new film presents Hannah Arendt in the midst of the Eichmann trial and the controversy around her reporting.

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And the truth is that the Eichmann trial was by and large a trial conducted by ignoramuses.

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