Adolf Eichmann was a senior SS officer and one of the principal organizers of the Holocaust. As head of Department IV B4 of the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), he was responsible for coordinating the identification, assembly, and deportation of Jews from across German-occupied Europe to ghettos and extermination camps. Following the Wannsee Conference in January 1942, where senior Nazi officials formalized plans for the “Final Solution,” Eichmann played a central administrative role in implem

On December 15, 1961, Israel sentenced senior Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann to death for his role in orchestrating the Final Solution and the destruction of European Jewry. Eichmann was convicted on 15 counts, including crimes against humanity and crimes against the Jewish people. His widely-covered trial raised public awareness of the details and crimes of the Holocaust. | World Jewish Congress