Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann was an SS officer and a leading organizer of the deportation of Jews to ghettos and killing centers. He led Section IV B 4 of the Reich Security Main Office, which handled Jewish affairs and deportations.
People in the interview
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Willem Sassen
Willem Sassen was a Dutch writer living in Argentina after the war. He worked with Eichmann on a memoir-like set of interviews in the late 1950s.
Adolf Hitler
Initials used by the speakers for Adolf Hitler.
Dieter Wisliceny
Dieter Wisliceny, an SS officer in Eichmann's Jewish-affairs unit and a witness at Nuremberg.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian SS leader who became head of the RSHA in 1943.
Heinrich Himmler
Initials used by the speakers for Heinrich Himmler.
Heinrich Müller
Head of the Gestapo and Eichmann’s direct superior in RSHA Office IV.
Joel Brand
Hungarian Jewish rescue activist who negotiated with Eichmann in 1944.
Kurt Becher
SS officer who handled economic dealings and ransom talks in Hungary.
László Endre
Hungarian state secretary involved in the 1944 deportation of Hungary’s Jews.
Odilo Globocnik
Odilo Globocnik, the SS and Police Leader who directed Operation Reinhard.
Reinhard Heydrich
Chief of the Security Police and SD, and Eichmann’s senior chief until 1942.
Rezső Kasztner
Hungarian Jewish rescue activist who negotiated with Eichmann and Becher in 1944.
Rolf Günther
Eichmann’s standing deputy in RSHA section IV B 4.
Rudolf Höss
Commandant of Auschwitz for much of the camp’s expansion and killing program.
Theodor Dannecker
Eichmann aide who worked on anti-Jewish measures and deportations in several countries.