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Events on Friday 15 December 1961 1
1961Adolf Eichmann sentenced to deathJerusalem trial concludes for Holocaust organizerAn Israeli court sentenced former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann to death after a trial that presented extensive testimony about the organization of the Holocaust. The trial, broadcast internationally, brought unprecedented public attention to the mechanics of the Nazi genocide.