Video: 'German Nazi Adolf Eichmann convicted and sentenced to Hang PublicDomainFootage.com'

(Friday, December 15, 1961, 9:20 a.m. Israel Standard Time; following the Eichmann trial) — Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer regarded as the architect of The Holocaust, the genocide of European Jews during World War II, was sentenced to death by an Israeli war crimes tribunal today in Jerusalem — four days after being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes against the Jewish people. Continue reading Architect of The Holocaust sentenced to die by Israeli war crimes tribunal 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 15 1961) →

Video: 'EICHMANN GUILTY'

(Monday, December 11, 1961, shortly after 9:00 a.m. Israel Standard Time, during the Eichmann trial) — After months of trial before a three-judge panel in Jerusalem, former Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann, one of the major organizers of The Holocaust, was found guilty this morning of “unsurpassed” crimes against the Jews and that his role in Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” would be remembered “until the end of time.” Continue reading Former Nazi SS officer who organized Hitler’s ‘final solution of the Jewish question’ found guilty on all counts 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1961) →