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December 12, 1961

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, December 12, 1961

* Adolph Eichmann found guilty
* Architect of the holocaust

* Nazi SS Colonel

This 40 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Eichmann Convicted, Awaits Fate" with photo. (see photos)

Tells of Adolph Eichmann being found guilty for crimes against the Jews during World War II.

Other news of the day throughout. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.

wikipedia notes: Karl Adolf Eichmann (March 19, 1906 – May 31, 1962, sometimes referred to as "the architect of the Holocaust", was a Nazi and SS-Obersturmbannführer (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel). Because of his organizational talents and ideological reliability, he was charged by Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich with the task of facilitating and managing the logistics of mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.

After the war, he travelled to Argentina using a fraudulently obtained laissez-passer issued by the International Red Cross and lived there under a false identity working for Mercedes-Benz until 1960. He was captured by Israeli Mossad operatives in Argentina and tried in an Israeli court on 15 criminal charges, including crimes against humanity and war crimes. He was convicted and hanged in 1962.

Category: The 20th Century