Adolf Eichmann was arraigned on 15 counts in Jerusalem.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
Multiple sources confirm that Eichmann faced a 15-count indictment in the Jerusalem district court, and the trial opened on April 11, 1961, matching the claimed arraignment. The extracted claim faithfully reflects the post, which places the arraignment on April 11, 1961.
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… You know, thrown into a car, subdued with some kind of drug. You know, nine days later he's been flown to Israel. And thrown in a jail cell and available to interrogation for the next 11 months and. On April 11, 1961, he found himself in district court in Jerusalem being arraigned on. 15 counts. Including the allegation that together with co-conspirators. He'd committed crimes against the Jewish people. …
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Supports. The New York Times report from April 1961 describes a fifteen-count indictment on which Eichmann goes on trial the next day, in Jerusalem.[1]
Supports. Yad Vashem states that Attorney General Gideon Hausner submitted the fifteen-count indictment to the Jerusalem district court.[2]
Supports. The Holocaust Encyclopedia and Wikipedia both report that Eichmann was charged on 15 counts, and that the trial began on April 11, 1961 in Jerusalem.[3][4]
Supports. The Asser Institute database states the trial commenced on 11 April 1961 with a 15-count indictment before the District Court of Jerusalem.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1Central Charge of Indictment Concerns Nazis' Mass Murders; Fifteen ...nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 2About the Eichmann Trialyadvashem.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Eichmann Trial | Holocaust Encyclopediaencyclopedia.ushmm.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Eichmann trial - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5ICD - Eichmann - Asser Instituteinternationalcrimesdatabase.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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