Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a ""Desk Murderer"" - Softcover

Cesarani, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306815397 ISBN 13: 9780306815393

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2007

Synopsis

Becoming Eichmann, the first account of Eichmann's life to appear in over forty years, reveals a surprising portrait of the man once seen as epitomizing the banality of evil.” Drawing on recently unearthed documents, David Cesarani explores Eichmann's early career, when he learned how to become an administrator of genocide, and shows how Eichmann developed into the Reich's expert” on Jewish matters, becoming ever more hateful and brutal. This sobering account deepens our understanding and challenges our preconceptions of Adolf Eichmann and offers fresh insights into both the operation of the Final Solution” and its most notorious perpetrator.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The first biography of Eichmann in 40-odd years tells the story of the architect of the Final Solution, incorporating the latest scholarship on the origins and implementation of the Nazi genocide.

About the Author:

David Cesarini, one of Britain's leading historians, is Research Professor in History at Royal Holloway, London University. He has published widely on Anglo-Jewish history and the history of Zionism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0306815397
• ISBN 13: 9780306815393
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472