Adolf Eichmann: The Bureaucrat Killer

The Bureaucrat Killer ¨I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have 5 million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction.¨(www.brainyquote.com) This is quoted from Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi SS-Obersturmfuhrer, or a Lieutenant-Colonel. Eichmann was one of the main organizers of the Holocaust. He was a high-ranking Nazi leader whose job was to move ´undesirables´ to the concentration camps. What brought Eichmann to the Nazis and what did he contribute? Eichmann lived 26 years before joining the Nazis. He was born on March 19, 1906 in Solingen, Germany to Maria and Adolf Karl Eichmann. During WWI, Eichmann’s family moved to Linz, Austria. Later, in 1925, Eichmann dropped out of college,

He was also able to obtain an International Committee of the Red Cross passport and an Argentinian visa in the name of Ricardo Clement. Eichmann lived in Argentina for nearly 2 decades, in which he told a former Nazi, “To be frank with you, if we had killed all of them, the ten point three million [European Jews] I would be happy and say ‘All right, we managed to destroy an enemy.’”(www.pbs.org) In 1960, Eichmann was tracked down and abducted by Israeli agents. His trial lasted 9 months, but, in finally, he was found guilty and hanged. Eichmann’s supposed last words were, “I hope that you all will follow me.” Eichmann was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Mediterranean Sea outside of Israel´s national waters. (www.holocaustresearchproject.org) (www.pbs.org) (www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org)

Eichmann joined the Nazis because of pressure from Ernst Kaltenbrunner and his hatred of Jews. He contributed much to the Nazi cause. He was able to contribute his knowledge of Jews and Zionism to the Nazis. He was the main person responsible for transporting ´undesirables´ to the concentration camps. Eichmann was a large help to the Nazis and was one of the masterminds behind the