著者

柴嵜 雅子 シバサキ マサコ Masako Shibasaki

雑誌

国際研究論叢 : 大阪国際大学紀要 = OIU journal of international studies

巻号頁・発行日

vol.19, no.1, pp.111-129, 2005-10-31

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Eichmann is usually considered a colorless bureaucrat who unthinkingly followed criminal orders. Hanna Arendt's report on his trial has been mostinstrumental in coining this image. Drawing on newly found documents, however, a number of historians criticize her for misrepresenting the willing accomplice aswell as the process of the Holocaust. This paper first depicts Adolf Eichmann in contrast with the portrayal by Arendt. He was actually an eloquent and highlycompetent team leader who traveled very often to fend off or iron out conflicts with other authorities involved in the deportation. Secondly, I will examine thecomplexities of convicting him, for his murderous acts were <legal> in the Third Reich and the modern criminal law, based on abrogating vengeance, keeps thevictim out of the loop.