Eich·mann ( k m n,  -, -män), 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. |
Eichmann (German) [ˈaiçman]
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(Biographies / Eichmann, Karl Adolf (1902-1962) M, Austrian, POLITICS: Nazi official) Karl Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1902-62, Austrian Nazi official, who took a leading role in organizing the extermination of the European Jews. He escaped to Argentina after World War II, but was captured and executed in Israel as a war criminal
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| Noun | 1. | Eichmann - Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962) |
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