Eichmann

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

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

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Eichmann

/ (German 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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