Jewish Affairs Section Leadership
The office coordinates deportations of Jews across Nazi-controlled Europe.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1941-1945
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Adolf Eichmann Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Adolf Eichmann through 114 dated historical records for Austria.
Adolf Eichmann, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
114Distinct records
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1941–1946Years on this page
1941
RSHA IV B 4 Appointment
Becomes director of RSHA section IV B 4.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1941-1945
Deportations from Greater German Reich
Coordinates deportations from the Greater German Reich eastward.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Eastern Deportation Coordination
Tens of thousands are sent to ghettos and killing sites.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel
Is promoted to SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer.
Role range: 1941-1945
SS Rank of Obersturmbannfuehrer
The rank corresponds approximately to lieutenant colonel.
Role range: 1941-1945
Annihilation Policy Coordination
His transport office becomes central to implementation.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Final Solution Planning Discussions
Participates in discussions concerning the planned annihilation of European Jews.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
1942
Conference Secretary Role
Records and later prepares the conference protocol.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Heydrich Conference Preparation
Provides data used in planning continent-wide deportations.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Wannsee Briefing Papers
Prepares briefing materials for Reinhard Heydrich before Wannsee.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Wannsee Conference Participation
Attends the Wannsee Conference as Heydrich's specialist official.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Conference of Wansee
Takes minutes at the Wansee Conference. Summoned by Heydrich to discuss Jewish extermination. Later travels throughout Europe to witness the Wansee decisions
Role range: 1939-1945
Belgian Deportations
His office helps organize deportations from Belgium.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Dutch Deportations
His office coordinates deportations from the Netherlands.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
French Deportations
His office coordinates deportation transports from occupied France.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Jewish Transports from Belgium
Transports carry deportees toward Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Jewish Transports from France
Victims are sent primarily toward Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Jewish Transports from Netherlands
Transport schedules connect transit camps with killing centres.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Slovak Jews Sent to Killing Centres
Transports send victims toward German-occupied Poland.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Slovakia Deportations
His office organizes deportations of Jews from Slovakia.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
1943
Greek Deportations
His office organizes deportations of Jews from Greece.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Italian Jewish Deportation Coordination
The transport network sends victims toward killing centres.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Jewish Transports from Greece
Victims are transported primarily to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Northern Italy Deportations
His aides organize deportations from German-occupied northern Italy.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
1944
Arrival in Budapest
Arrives in Budapest after Germany occupies Hungary.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
Hungarian Deportation Mission
Personally directs the SS deportation team assigned to Hungarian Jewry.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
Deportation
Leads a task force which deports 437,000 Jews to Auschwitz from Hungary
Role range: 1939-1945
Deportation Preparations Intensify
Jewish communities are concentrated in ghettos and transit sites.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
Hungarian Ghettoisation Coordination
Coordinates German planning with Hungarian authorities before mass deportations.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
Hungarian Mass Deportations Begin
Oversees the start of systematic deportations from Hungary.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
Transports to Auschwitz Start
German and Hungarian authorities send mass transports toward Auschwitz.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
Budapest Deportations Halted
Mass deportations from Hungary are halted by Regent Horthy.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
Horthy Stops Mass Transports
Eichmann's deportation operation loses its main transport programme.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
Hundreds of Thousands Deported
Most deportees are sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
Hungarian Deportation Campaign
His unit helps deport roughly 440,000 Hungarian Jews.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1944
1945
American Custody
Falls into American custody after Germany's defeat.
Role range: 1939-1945
Postwar Detention under False Identity
Uses false identity papers to conceal his senior SS role.
Role range: 1939-1945
Exile of Adolf Eichmann
Uses a Vatican passport in the name of Ricardo Klement to escape to Argentina
Role range: 1939-1945
1946
Eichmann Goes Underground
Lives under false identities while avoiding war-crimes investigators.
Role range: 1939-1945
Records, sources and methodology
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