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Eichmann, Adolf
     
Eichmann, Adolf
(1906-62) an Austrian Nazi who, during World War II, was one of the main people responsible for sending Jewish people to concentration camps, where millions of them died. After the war he escaped, but he was finally caught,found guilty of war crimes, and executed in 1962.
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