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Author Stangneth, Bettina, author.

Title Eichmann before Jerusalem : the unexamined life of a mass murderer / Bettina Stangneth ; translated from the German by Ruth Martin.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
©2014

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  940.5318 STANGNETH    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  940.5318 STANGNETH    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B EICHMANN ADOLF    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B EICHMANN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B EICHMANN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.5318 STA    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  940.5318 STANGNETH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxv, 579 pages ; 25 cm
Summary "A total re-assessment of the life of Adolf Eichmann that reveals his activities and notoriety amongst a global network of National Socialists following the collapse of the Third Reich, and permanently undermines Hannah Arendt's often-cited notion of the "banality of evil.""-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-555) and index.
Contents "My name became a symbol." The path into the public eye -- The postwar career of a name -- Detested anonymity -- Interlude. A false trail in the Middle East -- Eichmann in Argentina. Life in the "promised land" -- Home front -- One good turn -- The so-called Sassen Interviews. Eichmann the author -- Eichmann in conversation -- A false sense of security -- A change of role. Eichmann in Jerusalem -- Aftermath.
Awards Cundill Prize in Historical Literature Finalist, 2015.
Language Translated from the German.
Subject Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962.
War criminals -- Germany -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962. (OCoLC)fst00012482
War criminals. (OCoLC)fst01170469
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Eichmann, Adolf 1906-1962 (DE-588)118529447
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Biography.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
Added Title Eichmann vor Jerusalem. English
Other Form: Ebook version : 9781473513488
ISBN 9780307959676 (hardback)
0307959678 (hardback)
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