New Eichmann film puts the lie to Hannah Arendt’s ‘banality of evil’

It was not necessary for Hannah Arendt to actually observe and listen to Eichmann because to do so would undercut her thesis.

A scene from 'Operation Finale' starring Ben Kingsley as Adolf Eichmann

A scene from 'Operation Finale' starring Ben Kingsley as Adolf Eichmann

(photo credit: VALERIA FLORINI/MGM)

ByALAN DERSHOWITZ

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 22:15

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