Bettina Stangneth : Adolf Eichmann, de l’Argentine à Jérusalem
Fabien Théofilakis’ interview with Bettina Stangeth, author of Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer, shed new light on the years Eichmann spent in Argentina between 1950 and 1960. Stangeth explained how the documents on which she based her research, namely the transcrip...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Français |
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2015
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Fabien Théofilakis’ interview with Bettina Stangeth, author of Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer, shed new light on the years Eichmann spent in Argentina between 1950 and 1960. Stangeth explained how the documents on which she based her research, namely the transcripts of the work sessions organized by Willem Sassen with other former Nazis in Buenos Aires, allow us to better understand the “Eichmann phenomena” (what kind of Nazi he was, how he tried to defened his action?). Bettina Stangneth’s answers explained the allusion to Hannah Arendt’s work and discussed the tricky meaning of Arendt’s phrase, “banality of evil”. Stangeth finally addressed the question of the relationships between the Eichmann case and the Federal Republic of Germany during the postwar period. Strangth discussed her experiences with some German institutions that were hesitanant to deal with the legacy of the NS after 1945. |
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