What prompted Adolf Eichmann's wartime offer of 1,000,000 Jews in exchange for 10,000 trucks? Was it pity for Jews? "I want a clear answer," said Judge Moshe Landau.
Into the deep, expectant silence of the courtroom. Eichmann could have dropped a single grace note of compassion. Eichmann declined the opportunity. No, it was not pity, he shrugged; it was just a matter of bureaucratic efficiency.
Bureaucrat Eichmann had performed meticulously; anything outside routine offended him. Prosecutor Gideon Hausner quoted the defendant's wartime notes complaining of a Berlin Chancellery official who wanted special help in disposing of some people he found particularly...
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