Adolf Eichmann

[[Image:OldEichmann.jpg|225px|thumb|Adolf Eichmann, Germany 1940

Nazi Party and the SS

On the advice of old family friend Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Eichmann joined the Austrian branch of the SS, enlisting on April 1, 1932, as an SS-Anwärter. He was accepted as a full SS member that November, appointed an SS-Mann, and assigned the SS number 45326.

Related Topics:
Ernst Kaltenbrunner - SS - Anwärter - Mann

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For the next year, Eichmann was a member of the part time Allgemeine-SS and served in a mustering formation operating from Salzburg.

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In 1933 when the Nazis came to power in Germany, Eichmann returned to that country and submitted an application to join the full time SS. This was accepted, and in November of 1933, Eichmann was promoted to Scharführer and assigned to the administrative staff of the Dachau concentration camp.

Related Topics:
1933 - Scharführer - Dachau concentration camp

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By 1934, Eichmann had chosen to make the SS a career and requested transfer into the Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police) which had, by that time, become a very powerful and feared organization. Eichmann's transfer was granted in November of 1934, as he was promoted to the rank of Oberscharführer and assigned to the headquarters of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) in Berlin. Eichmann became a model administrator in the SD and quickly became noticed by his superiors. He was promoted to Hauptscharführer in 1935 and, in 1937, commissioned as an SS-Untersturmführer.

Related Topics:
Sicherheitspolizei - Oberscharführer - Sicherheitsdienst - Hauptscharführer - Untersturmführer

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In 1938, Eichmann was assigned to Austria to help organize SS Security Forces in Vienna after the Anschluss of Austria into Germany. Through this effort, Eichmann was promoted to SS-Obersturmführer, and by the end of 1938, Adolf Eichmann had been selected by the SS leadership to form the Central Office for Jewish Emigration, which was in charge of forcibly deporting and expelling Jews from Austria. Through this work, Eichmann became a student of Judaism, finding the religion fascinating while also developing deep Anti-Semitic values and a hatred of the Jewish faith.

Related Topics:
Anschluss - Obersturmführer - Central Office for Jewish Emigration - Anti-Semitic

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