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Dec 15, 2021

On this date in 1960, Holocaust organizer Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to hang

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Dec 15, 2021

🚨Adolf Eichmann Sentenced to Death

Dec. 15, 1961 - In Israel today, Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by hanging for his role in the killing of 6,000,000 Jews during...

Dec 14, 2021

Movies: World Premiere of "Judgment at Nuremberg" Held in Berlin

Dec. 14, 1961 - An Berlin audience viewed the world premiére of the American film, “Judgment at Nuremberg.” A capacity audience of 1,200...

Dec 12, 2021

West German Media Approve Eichmann Verdict

Dec. 12, 1961 - West German newspapers were unanimous today in approving the verdict against Adolf Eichmann (pictured in 1942) by an...

Dec 11, 2021

Eichmann Likely To Be Hanged

Dec. 11, 1961 - Israeli judges rejected one by one today the arguments that Adolf Eichmann hoped would gain some mitigation of sentence...

Dec 10, 2021

Eichmann Convicted in Jerusalem

Dec. 10, 1961 - Adolf Eichmann was convicted in a Jerusalem court this morning of crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against...

Nov 16, 2021

Sir Winston Visits Old School

Nov. 17, 1961 - Sir Winston Churchill, bent with age but looking fit and cheerful, sang with the boys of Harrow and added one more page...

Nov 2, 2021

Bodies of Japanese Suicidal Soldiers of WWII Recovered

Nov. 2, 1961 - The bodies of 200 Japanese soldiers who committed suicide in World War II rather than surrender to U.S. forces have been...

Sep 26, 2021

Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger Dead at 75, Commanded Eighth Army

Sept. 26, 1961 - General Robert L. Eichelberger (pictured in New Guinea during World War II), retired American commander of the Eighth...

Sep 8, 2021

Movie: "The Longest Day," Film on D-Day Landings

Sept. 8, 1961 - Curt Jürgens (right) has been signed for the role of Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt, the German staff officer, in "The...

Sep 7, 2021

Admiral Ramsey, Former Commander of Pacific Fleet, Dead at 72

Sept. 7, 1961 - Admiral DeWitt Clinton Ramsey, former commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, died today in the Philadelphia Naval...

Sep 4, 2021

Movies: 20th Century-Fox Plans Film on Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

Sept. 4, 1961 - A movie about the life of the late Gen. George S. Patton Jr. (pictured) is scheduled to be made for 20th Century-Fox next...

Sep 3, 2021

Japanese General on Pearl Harbor: No Regrets

Sept. 3, 1961 - Gen. Minoru Genda (pictured), chief of staff of Japan's air defense force, said in London today he had no regrets about...

Aug 16, 2021

West Berlin Mayor Wants "Words Not Action" from Kennedy

Aug. 16, 1961 - Mayor Willy Brandt (pictured) told President Kennedy in a letter today that West Berlin expected "not merely words but...

Aug 15, 2021

Churchill Sends "Warmest Wishes" to President Kennedy

Aug. 15, 1961 - Sir Winston Churchill sent warmest wishes to President Kennedy today "for the momentous and preeminent part" he plays in...

Aug 14, 2021

Eichmann Trial Done - Former Nazi Expects Death

Aug. 14, 1961 - The trial of Adolf Eichmann, which began April 11 and involved some of the most sickening testimony every heard in a...

Aug 10, 2021

Israeli Prosecutor Asks for "True and Righteous" Verdict: Death for Eichmann

Aug. 10, 1961 - Attorney General Gideon Hausner demanded today the conviction of Adolf Eichmann as a merciless and insatiable murderer of...

Aug 10, 2021

Soviets Tap Marshal Ivan S. Konev as Commander of Soviet Troops in East Germany

Aug. 10, 1961 - Marshal Ivan S. Konev, former supreme commander of East European forces and one of the leading longtime Communists in the...

Aug 9, 2021

Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, Ike's Chief of Staff during WWII, Dead at 65

Aug. 9, 1961 - Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief of staff in Europe during World War II, died of a heart attack...

Aug 8, 2021

Israeli Prosecutor Calls Eichmann Unrepentant "Henchman of Hitler"

Aug. 8, 1961 - Israel's Attorney General, Gideon Hausner, began today a wrathful summation of Israel's case against Adolf Eichmann...