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After reading the web page about Adolf Eichmann, you are to answer the following questions and then respond to another student’s answers. Please add specifics from the article in your answer to support your statements. Adolf Eichmann, was an SS officer who played a major role in the extermination of European Jews. In 1961 he was on trial in Jerusalem and he claimed that he was merely performing his duty as an obedient soldier, simply following orders. He did not claim personal responsibility for his actions, but claimed that he was part of a larger system. Think about issues of social and personal responsibility when discussing the following: 1. What does it mean to be “held responsible?” 2. What does it mean to “accept responsibility?” 3. Explain who you believe is responsible for making sure that something like the Holocaust never happens again. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-eichmann
