Adolf Eichmann
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Adolf Eichmann was the man responsible for the deportation and massacre of more than 6 million Jews during the Second World War. Second only to Hitler, this man was the most infamous mass murderer of the 1940s. His policies included branding Jewish people with the Star of David, ridding Europe of people thought to be unfit of the Arian race, and the method of using the gas-chambers. His story is one of horror and death.
Eichmann was chosen by Adolf Hitler to write up a plan that would quick and efficiently rid Europe of the Jewish race. At the Wannsee Conference of 1942, a group of Germany’s high ranking officials met together to decide the fate of Hitler’s territories. Eichmann pitched the idea of systematically slaughtering the Jews until there were none left in Europe. The group agreed on the policies and the slaughter was set in motion. As the war dragged on, it was clear that Germany was going to not be the victor. Himmler, leader of the SS, ordered Eichmann to stop the massacre for fear that when the Allies found these horrors, they would treat Germany unfairly.
Eichmann flat out refused and even more people were killed. The war came to an end and Eichmann fled to Argentina. He lived there many years. His neighbors never second guessed who he was. Many years later, an Israeli team apprehended him and brought him to trial in Jerusalem. He was accused of attempting to wipe out the Jewish race from the face of history. He was given the death sentence and was killed soon after.
