''Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer'' (german: Eichmann vor Jerusalem – Das unbehelligte Leben eines Massenmörders) is a book by

Bettina Stangneth Bettina Stangneth (born 1966) is a German philosopher. Known for her work on antisemitism and National Socialism, she is the author of several books, including '' Eichmann Before Jerusalem'' (2014), which won an NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis (non-fict ...

originally published in German in 2011. An edition in English appeared in 2014. The work challenges

Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Arendt was bor ...

's portrayal of

Adolf Eichmann Otto Adolf Eichmann ( ,"Eichmann"
'' Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil'' as an unintelligent and thoughtless bureaucrat. Stangneth proposes that Eichmann's actions were the results of intentional, well-thought-out decisions of a man who strongly subscribed to

Nazi ideology Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Naz ...

and who took pride in his actions.

References

2011 non-fiction books Books about Nazism Adolf Eichmann {{Nazi-book-stub