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World● Low47m ago · Nov 12, 2026, 6:00 PM

Forced to share a cell with an SS officer, author narrated horrors of Nazi minds

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Folha de S.Paulo · Brazil · global

In an interview with Joachim Fest, Hannah Arendt clarifies the meaning of the expression "banality of evil," which she used to characterize the behavior of Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi officer who played a central role in organizing and coordinating the deportation of hundreds of thousands of Jews to concentration camps.

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