Criminal Case 40/61, the Trial of Adolf Eichmann
An Eyewitness Account
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The trial of Adolf Eichmann began in 1961, labeled "criminal case 40/61." Hannah Arendt covered the trial for the *New Yorker*, later reflecting on her observations in *Eichmann in Jerusalem: The Banality of Evil*. Harry Mulisch, a young and emerging writer at the time, was also assigned to cover the trial for a Dutch news weekly. He later noted that he shared Arendt's views on Eichmann's character. Mulisch's account, modestly termed a report, provides firsthand insights into the trial, vividly describing Eichmann's asymmetric face and tics, as well as his absurdly grandiose self-image. The portrayal of Eichmann reveals a man consumed by bureaucratic calculations and delusions of innocence. Interspersed with reflections on a divided Berlin, a rebuilt Warsaw, and a visit to Auschwitz, Mulisch's work evolves into a deeply personal essay on the Nazi extermination of European Jews and the chilling efficiency of human evil amidst technological progress. Presented with a foreword by Debórah Dwork and translated into English for the first time, this account offers an unsettling portrait of Eichmann and the precision of his actions, marking it as a significant contribution to Holocaust literature.
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Criminal Case 40/61, the Trial of Adolf Eichmann, Harry Mulisch, Debórah Dwork, Robert Naborn
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- 2009
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- Title
- Criminal Case 40/61, the Trial of Adolf Eichmann
- Subtitle
- An Eyewitness Account
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Harry Mulisch, Debórah Dwork, Robert Naborn
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN10
- 081222065X
- ISBN13
- 9780812220650
- Series
- Tags
- Historical Themes, World War II, School, Violence, Holocaust, German History, Kidnappings, Dutch Literature, Third Reich (Nazi Germany), 1933-1945, Prison, Secret Services, Justice, Court, Court Trials, Cruelty, Terror, 1960s, Argentina
- Original title
- De zaak 40/61
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
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- The trial of Adolf Eichmann began in 1961, labeled "criminal case 40/61." Hannah Arendt covered the trial for the *New Yorker*, later reflecting on her observations in *Eichmann in Jerusalem: The Banality of Evil*. Harry Mulisch, a young and emerging writer at the time, was also assigned to cover the trial for a Dutch news weekly. He later noted that he shared Arendt's views on Eichmann's character. Mulisch's account, modestly termed a report, provides firsthand insights into the trial, vividly describing Eichmann's asymmetric face and tics, as well as his absurdly grandiose self-image. The portrayal of Eichmann reveals a man consumed by bureaucratic calculations and delusions of innocence. Interspersed with reflections on a divided Berlin, a rebuilt Warsaw, and a visit to Auschwitz, Mulisch's work evolves into a deeply personal essay on the Nazi extermination of European Jews and the chilling efficiency of human evil amidst technological progress. Presented with a foreword by Debórah Dwork and translated into English for the first time, this account offers an unsettling portrait of Eichmann and the precision of his actions, marking it as a significant contribution to Holocaust literature.