Eichmann

American  

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

noun

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

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Eichmann British  

/ ˈaiçman /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

From Salon

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC

After the end of World War Two, Argentina - under the leadership of Juan Perón - became a place of refuge for a number of high-ranking Nazis, including Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele.

From BBC

When Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann, a key figure in the extermination campaign, they put him on trial in Jerusalem, and televised it.

From BBC