Which infamous Nazi SS official was the chief architect and logistical organizer of the mass deportation of European Jews to extermination camps in German-occupied Poland?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Adolf Eichmann
- Step 1: Adolf Eichmann headed Department IV B4 (Jewish Affairs) of the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).
- Step 2: He organized the identification, assembly, and rail transport logistics for millions of Jewish victims across Europe to death camps; captured in Argentina by Israeli Mossad agents in 1960, he was tried in Jerusalem and executed in 1962.
Answer
Adolf Eichmann
Why not the others: 'Heinrich Himmler' Himmler was the Reichsführer-SS and overall head of the SS and German Police, Eichmann's superior who ordered the Final Solution; 'Reinhard Heydrich' Heydrich chaired the 1942 Wannsee Conference to coordinate the Final Solution before being assassinated in Prague in June 1942; 'Joseph Goebbels' Goebbels was the Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, directing Nazi press and media.
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