Adolf Eichmann (March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962) was a member of the Nazi SS who became known (accurately or not) as “the architect of the Holocaust.” He planned and oversaw the deportation of European Jews to ghettos and concentration camps, where they ultimately met their deaths. In 1960, Eichmann was captured in Argentina by Israeli agents and surreptitiously brought back to the Jewish State to stand trial; the subsequent court proceedings in Jerusalem riveted the world. He was found guilty and was executed by hanging. His body was cremated, and his ashes were dumped in the Mediterranean Sea outside of Israel’s territorial waters.
Quotes: “I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million [sic] human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction.” | “To sum it all up, I must say that I regret nothing.” | “From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed service at the age of twenty-seven, I found being obedient not a bit more difficult than it had been during my life to that point. It was unthinkable that I would not follow orders.”
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