Becoming Eichmann : rethinking the life, crimes, and trial of a "desk murderer" /

Cesarani, David.

Becoming Eichmann : rethinking the life, crimes, and trial of a "desk murderer" / David Cesarani. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2007. - 458 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

First published in Great Britain by William Heinemann as Eichmann : his life and crimes. 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-442) and index.

Childhood, youth and career, 1906-33 -- From the SS to the SD, 1933-8 -- The expert on emigration, 1938-41 -- 'Physical annihilation', 1941-2 -- Managing genocide, 1942-4 -- 'In the middle of death's whirlwind', 1944-5 -- Flight and capture, 1945-60 -- Interrogation, trial and execution, 1960-62 -- After Eichmann.

Winner, 2006 National Jewish book award for history.

0306815397 (pbk.) 9780306815393 (pbk.)


Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962.


Nazis--Germany--Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

302 DD 247 / E34C 2007

923.4143