Eichmann Before Jerusalem
by Bettina Stangneth · first published 2014
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"A total re-assessment of the life of Adolf Eichmann that reveals his activities and notoriety amongst a global network of National Socialists following the collapse of the Third Reich, and permanently undermines Hannah Arendt's often-cited notion of the "banality of evil.""--
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Seems like Arendt got it wrong. She let herself be fooled by Eichmann. He wasn’t banal at all. Bettina Stangneth, “Eichmann Before Jerusalem” (2014) https://newcriterion.com/article/the-profundity-of-evil/
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on “Notable Books of 2014” ↗I encourage others to read that review of Bettina Stangneth's "Eichmann Before Jerusalem". Again: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/books/book-portrays-eichma.... It does contradict Arendt's thesis, and does so with comprehensive grounding in source material that had been unexamined. Arendt's…
on “Interview with an Auschwitz Guard: 'I Do Not Feel Like a Criminal'” ↗…disagree with this idea that Einchman was just a simple person who took orders since there are several documented events where it's clear that he was a piece of shit nazi and fully embraced the role. > In Eichmann Before Jerusalem (2014), the German historian Bettina Stangneth reveals another side to him besides the banal, seemingly apolitical man, who was just acting like any other ‘ordinary’ career-oriented bureaucrat. Drawing…
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