Eichmann, Adolf

Head of the office of Jewish Affairs at the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) under Reinhard Heydrich, Eichmann was responsible for the coordination of Jewish transports: deportations of Jews from all over Nazi-occupied Europe to killing centers, concentration camps, and forced labor. He was among the presenters at the Wannsee Conference advising top Nazi officials on plans for the “Final Solution.” After the war, he escaped arrest and fled to Argentina, where he was ultimately discovered and captured by Israeli agents in 1960. He was tried in an Israeli court and sentenced to death.