Biographical dossier

Adolf Eichmann

Adolf Eichmann is classified in the historical people index as MILITARY PERSONNEL. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q28085
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q28085
Wikidata ID
Q28085
Occupation class
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Life span
AD 1906–AD 1962
Birth anchor
Solingen (AD 1906)
Death anchor
Ayalon Prison (AD 1962)
HPI
84.93737184201369

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1906 and AD 1962. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Solingen (AD 1906). Death: Ayalon Prison (AD 1962).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class MILITARY PERSONNEL. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 10.599976118936418.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?