Eichmann and Sassen interview Transcript Glossary

People in the interview

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Adolf Eichmann

Adolf Eichmann was an SS officer and a leading organizer of the deportation of Jews to ghettos and killing centers. He led Section IV B 4 of the Reich Security Main Office, which handled Jewish affairs and deportations.

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Willem Sassen

Willem Sassen was a Dutch writer living in Argentina after the war. He worked with Eichmann on a memoir-like set of interviews in the late 1950s.

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Adolf Hitler

Initials used by the speakers for Adolf Hitler.

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Dieter Wisliceny

Dieter Wisliceny, an SS officer in Eichmann's Jewish-affairs unit and a witness at Nuremberg.

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Heinrich Himmler

Initials used by the speakers for Heinrich Himmler.

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Heinrich Müller

Head of the Gestapo and Eichmann’s direct superior in RSHA Office IV.

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Joel Brand

Hungarian Jewish rescue activist who negotiated with Eichmann in 1944.

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Kurt Becher

SS officer who handled economic dealings and ransom talks in Hungary.

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László Endre

Hungarian state secretary involved in the 1944 deportation of Hungary’s Jews.

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Odilo Globocnik

Odilo Globocnik, the SS and Police Leader who directed Operation Reinhard.

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Reinhard Heydrich

Chief of the Security Police and SD, and Eichmann’s senior chief until 1942.

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Rezső Kasztner

Hungarian Jewish rescue activist who negotiated with Eichmann and Becher in 1944.

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Rolf Günther

Eichmann’s standing deputy in RSHA section IV B 4.

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Rudolf Höss

Commandant of Auschwitz for much of the camp’s expansion and killing program.

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Theodor Dannecker

Eichmann aide who worked on anti-Jewish measures and deportations in several countries.

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