Who Was Responsible For Eichmann's Crimes

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Finally, moving on to how I view the Eichmann trial, I believe that Adolph Eichmann was responsible for the crimes that he had committed and I also that all of his actions were done purely out of evil. The reason why I consider him being fully responsible for his crimes is the fact that he did have the freedom to fulfill his orders in the way he wanted. What I mean by that is that Eichmann was one of the main S.S. officers that formulated the idea of mass deportations of innocent people that sent them to the death camps during World War II. Moving on to the reason why I consider his actions or in other words, his motives of being purely evil are the fact that his seemingly ordinary motive of only wanting to advance his career in the S.S. was

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