Israel Releases Nazi Eichmann’s Pardon Request

Israel made public on Wednesday a handwritten request for clemency by Adolf Eichmann, an architect of the Nazi Holocaust, who was executed by Israel in 1962 following a war crimes trial. In his letter to then-President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Eichmann said he was a "mere instrument" of leaders responsible for the killing of 6 million Jews in World War II. His plea for his death sentence to be commuted was dated two days prior to his hanging. Release of the letter, written in...

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