eichmann repeatedly claimed he was just following orders. >> translator: i did not give these orders. whether the people should be taken to their death or not. this was the administrative routine. this is how it was arranged. and my task in this was just a tiny particle in this. >> translator: i am not beating about the bush. i was in hungary, one of those receiving orders, not giving orders. >> he lied through and through. he was acting. he was acting all the time. >> september 1939, the accused committed acts of expelling, uprooting, and exterminating the population in coordination with -- >> finally in december 1961, the trial was over and the verdict was in. the court found eichmann guilty and sentenced him to death.