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How Did Eichmann Get Rid Of The Holocaust

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I. Introduction The Holocaust is one of the most horrific and cruel genocides known to mankind. Adolf Eichmann is one of the many people who took a huge part in this genocide. He thought of ways to transport Jews to and from concentration camps, as well as ways to efficiently kill a great number of them. Eichmann's atrocious thought processes affects millions of lives. Eichmann's ideas are not equivalent to your average person's; there is something quite extraordinary about him. He is an example that evil people do and can exist.
II. Eichmann's life prior to the Holocaust Eichmann is born in Germany, but later moves to Austria as a kid after his mother dies. An article on historyplace.com states that as a kid Eichmann …show more content…

Whether it hurts them or not. In fact, while in Poland, Eichmann forces Jews to be put in ghettos and labor camps. He puts huge number of Jews in small, enclosed areas which leads many of them to die (History Place, NP). In Europe, Eichmann succeeds at transporting over 1 million Jews to their death. In Hungary, Eichmann ordered 400,000 Jews to be transported to Auschwitz (Trueman, NP). What helps him accomplish this uneasy task is his attitude, he uses his power to frighten officers who worked for him (Brager, NP). If Eichmann did not have such a prejudice outlook on the Jews he could have at least tried to help the Jews survive or he could have tried to stop Hitler; but instead he took the route filled with hatred. The route where people starve to death, where people freeze at night, where people are separated from their parents and siblings and never see them again. Children all over the world should be grown up to spread love and peace so that they do not grow up to be like …show more content…

After being caught Eichmann is taken to trial in Israel (United States Holocaust, NP). At this time, many people in Israel are not familiar with what is going on. During the trial Eichmann shows no sorrow for what he has done. Eichmann states "I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have 5 million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction" (Lee, NP). He believes these millions of people deserve how their life ended which is just insane. Although, Eichmann states that he has to "obey" (Bülow, NP) orders that are given to him. If he is simply obeying orders that are given to him but feels bad for the Jews, he would apologize to all the people whose loved ones were killed. Further into the trial many witnesses speak up; telling their horrific stories about experiences during their time in the camps. They told how they had to dig graves, see their people get murdered, and live with little to no hope. Here they were, reliving their experiences by talking about them to get justice. As result to this, Eichmann continues to blame others for his actions. He continues to claim that he was just doing his job. He also questions why no one else is doing anything about the others who participated in The Holocaust. The judge does not listen to him at all anymore. Eichmann's last words before his death are "Long live

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