Adolf Eichmann, formally known as Otto Adolf Eichmann, was born on March 19th, 1906 in Solingen, Germany.

Eichmann's biological mother, Maria Nee Schefferling, passed away in 1914. Eichmann was eight years old at the time.

Eichmann's father, Adolf Karl Eichmann, remarried and had five more children, four boys and one girl.

Eichmann's father moved Eichmann and family from Germany to Linz, Austria when Eichmann was ten years old.