Language:
English
Year of publication:
1992
Titel der Quelle:
Southern Humanities Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
26,3 (1992) 201-211
Keywords:
Arendt, Hannah,
;
Eichmann, Adolf,
;
War crime trials
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust (Jewish theology)
Abstract:
Analyzes Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem" (1963) in terms of her views about memory, storytelling, and judgment. Her book tells the story of Eichmann in Jerusalem and renders judgment on him. Arendt contended that the Holocaust should not be dealt with in a gothic language (e.g. destiny or history) - which Adolf Eichmann, the prosecution, and Israeli press releases shared - since it detracts from Eichmann's individual responsibility and the ability to judge him. She argued that the individuals' stories were not allowed their full impact. Stresses that the trial did not fail in Arendt's eyes, despite all the obstacles to judgment and memory, because the story of the Holocaust was told - the individual human experience as opposed to abstractions such as destiny and history.
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