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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Eichmann distanced himself not only from ordinary decency but empirical reality, “that is, against the claim on our thinking attention that all events and facts make by virtue of their existence.”

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

After serving in the military, he joined Israel's prison service and was selected as a personal guard for Eichmann at Ramle prison.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

Eichmann, who was captured by Mossad agents in Argentina, was represented by a German lawyer and was found guilty of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and war crimes.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2024

Adolf Eichmann, the SS official responsible for the deportation of Jews to concentration camps, escaped to Argentina, but, fifteen years later, Israeli agents tracked him down, captured him, and flew him to Israel for trial.

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

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