Eichmann,Adolf

Eichmann,Adolf
Eich·mann (īkʹmən, īKHʹ-, īKH-mänʹ), Adolf. 1906-1962.
German Nazi official who as head of the Gestapo's Jewish section (1939-1945) was chiefly responsible for the murder of millions of Jews during World War II. After the war he fled to South America, was captured by the Israeli secret service (1960), and was tried and executed in Israel.

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