From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed services at the age of 27, I found being obedie… - Adolf Eichmann

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From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed services at the age of 27, I found being obedient not a bit more difficult than it had been during my life to that point. It was unthinkable that I would not follow orders.

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About Adolf Eichmann

Otto Adolf Eichmann (19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a high-ranking Nazi and SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel). Due to his organizational talents and ideological reliability, he was tasked by Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich to facilitate and manage the logistics of mass deportation to ghettos and extermination camps in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe and worked under Ernst Kaltenbrunner until the end of the war. He was captured by Israeli Mossad agents in Argentina and indicted by Israeli court on fifteen criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. He was convicted and hanged.

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Pen Names: Ricardo Klement
Native Name: Otto Adolf Eichmann
Alternative Names: Adolf Otto Eichmann Eichmann Eichmann Ottó Adolf Klement Richárd
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