Talk:Adolf Eichmann

Willem Sassen tapes?

Shouldn't the interviews he gave to Willem Sassen be mentioned? The Sassen article gives only a very short account and says that the tapes ended up with Eichmann's widow in 1980. What of them now? Have they been published? -- 77.7.159.141 (talk) 21:14, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Clemency

I find it interesting there were Jewish academics appealing for clemency for Eichmann, notably the philosopher Martin Buber: "On 4 June Buber made statement to the New York Times about the execution. In this interview, published the following day, he told Lawrence Fellows, the New York Times correspondent in Jerusalem, that the execution was a 'mistake of historical dimension'. He feared that the act of taking Eichmann's life might have served to expiate the guilt felt by many young persons in Germany over the actions of their elders in the years the Nazis were in power." ... "He repeated his former assertions that he had no pity for Eichmann, nor anything but approval for the trial as such. He also agreed that Jerusalem was the proper place for it, but once more said that it should have been conducted by an international tribunal, and that Israel's role should have been that of accuser, and not of judge." (New York Times, 5 June 1962)

1972. Encounters with Martin Buber, Aubrey Hodes, Pelican Books, pp 132 - 133

196.2.126.173 (talk) 19:44, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Cremation

In the section on Eichmann's execution, the article presently states that

Shortly after the execution, Eichmann's body was cremated in a specially designed furnace. The furnace was so hot that no one dared to go near it, and a stretcher on tracks was used to place the body into it.

These details are not included in the source that is noted at the end of the paragraph, which states simply that Eichmann's "body was burned and the ashes were scattered in the waters of the Mediterranean, beyond the territorial boundary of Israel." Moreover, I don't really understand the significance of these details. Aren't crematoria generally exceedingly hot as it is? Why would an even hotter one need to be "specially designed" for Eichmann? If the details are true, then answers to these questions should be included in the article. I am, however, skeptical about their veracity, particularly since the remark that "no one dared go near it" sounds like too much of an attempt at quasi-literariness. -198.96.2.93 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:58, 17 May 2011 (UTC).

I agree, it is not good the way it is now. A better source for the cremation is [1]. Zero^talk 23:47, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

The incorrect Eichmann's infobox "military person"

Adolf Eichmann was a "Para-military person" (as a officer of SS, a part of the Nazi Party), and no a "military person", a soldier of the Wehrmacht, the German Defence Forces (w.o. the Waffen-SS, a combat branch of the SS - became the de facto the fourth branch of the Wehrmacht). Although the SS was a Nazi Party's paramilitary organization, autonomous and existed in parallel to the Wehrmacht. --Alex F. (talk) 10:21, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

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Mengele

The section on Mengele seems out of place. The only thing tying it to Eichmann is that the agent who apprehended Eichmann said that if he had been their sooner he could have caught Mengele. I think this could be summed up in a sentence in the main section on capture, rather than having its own section. If there is a further connection that I'm not aware of, please let me know, in which case we should expand the section to include the more relevant details. —Zujine|talk 18:30, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. Zero^talk 23:37, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Jewishness

According to German-Jewish prof. Dietrich Bronder, Eichmann, a self-hating Jew, was born in Palestine, and his birth certificate was later fabricated, giving Sollingen as his place of birth.