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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/
genocide/images/ae_young_adolf_eichmann.jpg
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
http://library.usu.edu/Specol/digitalexhibits/masaryk/images/swastika.jpg
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.
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.
http://www.infowars.net/pictures/Nov06/131106camp.jpg
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.
http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/the-trial-of-adolf-eichmann.jpg
December 15, 1961 – found guilty.
• May 31/june1, 1962 – 12:00a.m. Adolf Eichmann was hanged.
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THANK YOU!• Thank you for listening to my
presentation!