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Eichmann

Eichmann

19 9.9
A Nazi official who arranged for Jewish people to be sent to concentration camps during the Holocaust
  • proper noun
  • /ˈaɪkmən/
  • NSFW
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  • The day that Adolf Eichmann, who was hanged in Israel for being the architect of the Holocaust, of course, famously kidnapped in South America.
  • Adolf Eichmann
  • Eichmann trial
  • Eichmann in Jerusalem

The day that Adolf Eichmann, who was hanged in Israel for being the architect of the Holocaust, of course, famously kidnapped in South America.

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Examples

  • Arendt was attacked for painting Eichmann in the dull ocher of banality.

    Academic text (2005)
  • You know, it's about the trial of, of Eichmann, who was instrumental in the Holocaust.

  • Eichmann is credited with organizing the "Final Solution."

  • Eichmann was head of the Gestapo's Jewish sector.

  • Eichmann had headed the Gestapo's Section for Jewish Affairs and was responsible for the implementation of the Final Solution.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Adolf Eichmann, the SS Lieutenant Colonel and the principal organizer of the Holocaust, was another.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Would the Nuremberg Trials have let Adolf Eichmann off the hook if he had apologized for engineering the Final Solution?

    Academic text (2000)
  • Eichmann's capture proved beyond question that Spruille Braden was right in 1946: Argentina was a Nazi haven.

    Academic text (2004)
  • In May, Israeli agents apprehended Eichmann in Argentina and flew him to Jerusalem for trial.

  • You know, it's about the trial of Eichmann, who was instrumental in the Holocaust.

Compounds

little Eichmann
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who follows orders without thinking, often in a large organization

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Eichmann comes from the German words Eiche 'oak' and Mann 'man', so it originally meant 'oak-man', a name for someone who lived by or worked near an oak tree. Today Eichmann is a family name, most widely known as the surname of the Nazi official who organised the transport of Jews to concentration camps during the Holocaust.