|  | | Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962) was head of the 'Judenreferat', (Department for Jewish Affairs) IV B 4 of the Reichssicherheits-hauptamt (Reich Security Main Office) during the Second World War. He was a leading figure in the mass murder of European Jews. The deportation of Jews to the death camps was centrally organized from his office in the Kurfürstenstraße 115/116. Eichmann fled to Argentina after the war. In 1961 his trial in Jerusalem attracted worldwide attention. He was sentenced to death and subsequently executed. |