Adolf Eichmann:

Villain of the holocaust.

Kaitlyn CarterHour 1

English 9

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His life as a child:

• Born in Solingen, into a middle class protestant family.

• When his mother died, he and his father and 4 other siblings moved to Linz, Austria. Eichmann was 8.

• Was ridiculed as a child for his dark complexion, other classmates has nicknamed him, “little Jewish boy”.

His early work:

•1925-1932: he works as a traveling salesman for an electric company, and then a vacuum oil company.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/

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He joins the Nazi party•Moves to Germany•Joins the security service main office, with role of sergeant•Opens the central office for Jewish emigration

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His first position:IV D4 “ emigration and evacuation”He first organized the deportation of nearly 7,000 Jews to areas of unoccupied France.

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Percentages of victims he had deported.

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Second position:• IV B4 “Jewish affairs”.• From here, he plays a central

role in the deportation of over 1.5 million Jews all over Europe to killing centers/sites.

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His mission:• He was the main person for

keeping the trains moving to the concentration camps.

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Hitler commits suicide:• Nazi Germany signs

surrender document.• Eichmann is captured by U.S.• Escapes U.S. custody and

flees to Argentina.• In 1960 the Israeli security

service finds him and brings him to trial.

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December 15, 1961 – found guilty.• May 31/june1, 1962 – 12:00a.m.

Adolf Eichmann was hanged.

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