Class 17. 10/22 Eichmann on trial

Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (1963), ch. 2, “ Download The Accused

,” 1–35; ch. 8, “ Download Duties of a Law-Abiding Citizen,” 135–150.

Magilow and Silverman, Holocaust Representations, ch. 6, “Eichmann in Jerusalem,” 63–72.

Are you convinced by Arendt’s portrayal of Adolf Eichmann? What does the term “the banality of evil” mean?