Eichmann appeared socially adjusted and normal rather than bloodthirsty.

Evidence

The impressions of Simon Wiesenthal (1989, p. 66), whose investigative work led to Eichmann’s capture by the Israelis, are very similar. He describes Eichmann as “an utterly bourgeois, an utterly normal, almost in fact a socially adjusted, person… . He was not driven by blood lust.” — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 610

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Eichmann’s evil lay in a generalizable absence of thinking rather than monstrosity. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1917; Eichmann’s mass-murder participation was careerist, not hate-driven.

Broader Connections

• Eichmann’s evil lay in a generalizable absence of thinking rather than monstrosity. #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1917
• Eichmann’s mass-murder participation was careerist, not hate-driven. #corroborates (0.85)