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Adolf Eichmann: Villain of the holocaust. Kaitlyn Carter Hour 1 English 9. http://belenos.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/eichmann.jpg. His life as a child:. Born in Solingen, into a middle class protestant family.
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Adolf Eichmann: Villain of the holocaust. Kaitlyn Carter Hour 1 English 9 http://belenos.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/eichmann.jpg
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. http://liverpool.fluxtime.com/images/evacuation.jpg
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. http://static.open.salon.com/files/-auschwitz-treblinka_concentration_camp_allen_john_foster_dulles__schroeder_bank_train-rail_rairoad_tracks1248914357.jpg
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. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mg7D3kYysfw/R_kCp4Wmq_I/AAAAAAAAGEM/cDCJ5dqlQWQ/s400/eichmann.jpg
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