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Eichmann and the Holocaust – True Stories&WWII<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah\nArendt examined the problems and the tendencies in the political life of the\ntwentieth century. Many of which,have already disappeared. However, some remain\npresent, and even more, they\u2019ve become more dangerous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time\nHannah Arendt died in 1975, she was known mostly because of the controversy\nabout her paper on the trial of Adolf Eichmann and the phrase \u201cthe banality of\nevil\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, her\nbooks have been translated into various languages and her work is widely known\nall over the world. However, by 1975, she was not considered to be an important\npolitical thinker. Recently, during the COVID-19 lockdown, discussions focusing\non her ideas overflowed social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What caused\nthis emerging interest in her work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Arendt\nwrote about the \u201cdarkest times\u201d she didn\u2019t necessarily mean totalitarianism of\nthe past century. Surprisingly, many of her descriptions match the world around\nus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah\nclaimed, that even in the worst of times, we can still find some illumination\nthat comes not from theoretical knowledge, but the lives and the work of\nindividuals around us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her work\n\u201cEichmann and the Holocaust\u201d Arendt does provide such illumination and helps us\nto gain a critical view on our present political problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah\nthought, that most people at her time, during WWII and simply, in general, do\nnot want to think – they prefer to ignore political problems and try to dismiss\nthem. Arendt discussed this on the example of \nAdolf Eichmann, one of the organizers of the Holocaust and Nazi SS\nofficer. Eichmann\u2019s deeds were, as a matter of fact, evil, but Eichmann was not\nthe devil, he was just a person. Banal and ordinary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u201cEichmann\nand the Holocaust\u201d Hannah explains the concept of \u201cthe banality of evil\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEichmann\nwas not Iago and not Macbeth and nothing would have been farther from his mind\nthan to determine with Richard III \u201cto prove a villain.\u201d Except for an\nextraordinary diligence in looking out for his personal advancement he had no\nmotives at all\u2026 He merely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to put the\nmatter colloquially, never realized what he was doing\u2026 He was not stupid. It\nwas sheer thoughtlessness \u2013 something by no means identical with stupidity \u2013\nthat predisposed him to become one of the greatest criminals of that period\u2026\nEvil comes from a failure to think. It defies thought for as soon as thought\ntries to engage itself with evil and examine the premises and principles from\nwhich it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there. That is\nthe banality of evil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to\nArendt, It\u2019s an ever-present possibility for anyone to shun the intercourse\nwithin oneself – including scientists, scholars in mental enterprises, and\nordinary people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The manifestation of the wind of thought, she writes, is not theoretical knowledge, but the ability to differ black from white, right from wrong. When the chips are down, taking responsibility for our political lives, especially in the time of the elections does indeed prevent catastrophes, at least, for oneself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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