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Eichmann

[ ahyk-muhn, ahykh-; German ahykh-mahn ]

noun

  1. Adolf, 1906–62, German Nazi official: executed for war crimes.


Eichmann

/ ˈaiçman /

noun

  1. EichmannKarl Adolf19021962MAustrianPOLITICS: 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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Example Sentences

She wants to puncture all of the caricatures that blunt the harsh reality of Eichmann.

But we might see in the man a little of fascism, as if Eichmann was smiling back.

She refused to see Eichmann as pure evil and refused to see Jews as pure victims.

A brilliant new film presents Hannah Arendt in the midst of the Eichmann trial and the controversy around her reporting.

And the truth is that the Eichmann trial was by and large a trial conducted by ignoramuses.

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EichlerEichmann, Adolf