In Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem, we recieve a first hand account of the trial of Adolph Eichmann, the Nazi S. S. officer in charge of organizing Hitler's "Final Solution". Through Arendt's account we see not only the results of the Nazi atrocities, but the details that led up to the final decision to exterminate millions of Jews.
This account is important because it gives a face and a personality to the hand that acted out the killings. We see Eichmann not only for what he accomplished but how he ended up doing what he did.
Arendt's book leaves it up to us, in a way, to make our own judgement on Eichmann. This is exactly what you will do. Through careful examination of this trial, you will fill the role as witness, judge, and executioner.
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