On this day in 1961, Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death for his involvement in the Nazi Holocaust. British Movietone reported. After a trial that had lasted some four months, Adolf Eichmann has had his defence rejected and has been judged guilty of the major crimes in the indictment. Judges entering. MS Adolf Eichmann sitting in dock listening through headphones. Copurt official reading. BS Eichmann to judges. Judge reading "Particulars of offence, the accused together with others during the period 1939 - 1945 caused the killing of millions of Jews in his capacity as the person responsible for the execution of the Jews, and the final solution of the Jewish problem". Shots of Eichman listening and Judge reading.