#6 in History
Eichmann in Jerusalem
- 320
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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About the book
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil is a 1963 book by the philosopher and political thinker Hannah Arendt. A Jew who fled Germany during Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Arendt reported for The New Yorker on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of the key organizers of the Holocaust. A revised and enlarged edition was published in 1964.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 99 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the History average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 13 | 13% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 86 | 87% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“This book is not for the weak of heart. Though Arendt is an incredible writer and the book is full of profound observations it is long, and full of many historical details and recollections, so it can be a bit dry. But Arendt's observations are…”
“Being of the opinion that the last lines of a book are its most memorable part is an extremely cliché, maybe something Eichmann himself could do in his clumsy lack of critical thought. But the final lines of Arendt's work are magnificent in their coldness…”
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It has 320 pages — shorter than 69% of the ranked books in History.
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