Eichmann in Jerusalem: a Report on the Banality of Evil
About This Novel
In 1961, the Jerusalem District Court launched a protracted trial against Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi war criminal and an important implementer of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question." Hannah Arendt wrote five reports on the trial for The New Yorker, which were later compiled into a book. "Eichmann in Jerusalem" records in detail the entire process of this trial that attracted global attention, and combines the analysis of a large amount of historical data to propose the concept of "banality of evil." The incarnation of evil may not be a violent demon, but may also be an ordinary, dedicated and loyal civil servant. Eichmann's crimes committed due to his lack of thought and blind obedience cannot be pardoned under the excuse of "acting under orders" or "acting as a state".
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