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Adolf Eichmann's role in the Holocaust

Adolf Eichmann's role in the Holocaust

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Adolf Eichmann

What was Adolf Eichmann responsible for?

Adolf Eichmann was in charge of identifying, assembling, and transporting Jews in Nazi German-occupied parts of Europe to extermination camps in German-occupied Poland, including Auschwitz.

What happened to Adolf Eichmann after the end of World War II?

U.S. troops captured Adolf Eichmann after the war, but he escaped in 1946 and settled in Buenos Aires in 1958. Israeli Mossad agents seized him there and smuggled him out to stand trial in Israel. After an eight-month trial he was found guilty and hanged in 1962.
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