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Eichmann Begged for Mercy Before Hanging
New York Post ^
| January 27, 2016 |
| Yaron Steinbuch
Posted on 01/27/2016 9:56:44 AM PST by nickcarraway
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann penned a plea for his life to Israelâs president two days before he was hanged in 1962 for masterminding the âFinal Solutionâ plan to exterminate 6 million Jews.
During a ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin released the handwritten clemency plea to then-President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.
Eichmann claimed he was just following orders and was not high-ranking enough to order the mass murder of Jews.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adolfeichmann; eichmann; evil; finalsolution; holocaust; nazi; nazigermany; thirdreich
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To: nickcarraway
Does anyone have the, “Well byeee,” graphic handy?
To: nickcarraway
“Just following orders” - with ruthless German efficiency, of course.
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posted on
01/27/2016 9:59:05 AM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: TexasRepublic
The Muslims need a dose of that “ruthless German efficiency”.
To: Dalberg-Acton
You want them to kill more Jews than they do presently?
To: nickcarraway
I would expect nothing but the death penalty be applied to any attendee of the Wannsee Conference.
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posted on
01/27/2016 10:01:27 AM PST
by
PittsburghAfterDark
(The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
To: nickcarraway; All
To: nickcarraway
Not senior enough? He was one of 15 senior officials at the
Wannsee Conference and the meeting recorder. It was reportedly Himmler himself who ordered Eichmann to use euphemisms in the meeting notes. The guy was in it up to the neck that the hangman broke. No sympathy at all.
To: nickcarraway
The tone of the article tries to make Eichmann seem whiny, pathetic, craven, begging for mercy.
I don't think that was the case. Seems to me that in Eichmann was attempting to layout "the facts" to one of those poor inferiors who, without his own super-aryan thinking skills, was unable to grasp his (Eichmann's) obvious lack of guilt. Breathtaking arrogance on display.
To: nickcarraway
Hillary worries that Cheryl Mills will do the same.
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posted on
01/27/2016 10:02:43 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
To: nickcarraway
America is ruled by a racist, fascist cult called democrats.
What would the greatest generation do about that?
They have gotten so out of control that Senator Charles Schumer has broken with them a couple times.
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posted on
01/27/2016 10:04:23 AM PST
by
MikeSteelBe
(Radical Muslims want to behead you, moderateate Muslims want to watch and cheer.)
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
He was probably advised to write the letter as a last chance to save his life. I doubt he was sorry for what he did.
To: nickcarraway
“Just following orders...” Still the standard line tyrants use.
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posted on
01/27/2016 10:06:50 AM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: nickcarraway
1962? Where was he executed? California?
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posted on
01/27/2016 10:07:26 AM PST
by
dp0622
To: nickcarraway
"There will be no time for pity when the screaming eagle flies.
That will be the end of Axis. They must answer with their lives."
--From Smoke on the Water
To: MikeSteelBe
What would the greatest generation do about that? Vote for it.
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posted on
01/27/2016 10:08:20 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: nickcarraway
it’s pretty obvious he means give it to them not them give it
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posted on
01/27/2016 10:08:37 AM PST
by
dp0622
To: Dalberg-Acton
Did someone say "Ruthless efficiency"?
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posted on
01/27/2016 10:08:59 AM PST
by
Alas Babylon!
(As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
To: Snickering Hound
That girl kitty looks a lot like mine.
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