Eichmann

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Definition
  1. Proper noun:
    • Adolf Eichmann: A high-ranking Austrian Nazi SS officer who was a principal organizer of the Holocaust, responsible for the logistics of mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps during World War II.
Usage
  • Proper noun:
    • The trial of Eichmann in Jerusalem was a landmark event.
    • Historians study the role of Eichmann in the Final Solution.
Advanced Usage
  • "the banality of evil": A phrase often associated with Hannah Arendt's reporting on the Eichmann trial, describing the phenomenon where ordinary people can commit atrocities through thoughtless obedience.
    • Arendt's concept of "the banality of evil" emerged from her observations of Eichmann.
Variants and Related Words
  • Eichmannesque (adj): Characteristic of or resembling Adolf Eichmann, especially in terms of bureaucratic complicity in evil.
    • The clerk's Eichmannesque defense was that he was merely following orders.
Synonyms
  • Nazi war criminal: A person who committed crimes against humanity while serving the Nazi regime.
  • Architect of the Holocaust: A key planner and executor of the Nazi genocide against the Jews.
Related Phrases
  • "Following orders": The defense often used by Eichmann and others at the Nuremberg trials, claiming they were not personally responsible as they were obeying superiors.
    • Eichmann's claim of merely "following orders" was rejected by the court.
Related Idioms
  • "A desk murderer": A term sometimes applied to Eichmann, describing someone who orchestrates killing from an administrative position without directly carrying out violence.
    • Eichmann has been described as the archetypal desk murderer.
Noun
  1. Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962)

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