Eichmann in Jerusalem (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Hannah Arendt
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Current affairs
- Time of Work: April 11 to August 14, 1961
- Setting: Jerusalem
- Principal Characters: Adolf Eichmann
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs
- Subjects: Justice, Prisoners, Crime or criminals, World War II, Trials, Good and evil, Nazism or Nazis, Reporting or reporters, Concentration camps, Courts or courtrooms
Form and Content
On May 11, 1960, Adolf Eichmann, who had been masquerading in Argentina as factory worker Ricardo Klement, was captured by Israeli agents and brought to Jerusalem for trial. During World War II, Eichmann, an obedient Nazi bureaucrat, had risen to Obersturmbannfuhrer (a rank equivalent to lieutenant colonel) in the Schutzstaffeln (SS), a branch of the state secret police, or Gestapo, headed by Heinrich Himmler. Eichmann became the “Jewish expert” of the branch known as the Head Office for Reich Security. In accordance with Adolf Hitler’s plan for a...
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