Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-07-01
Books mentioned on Part One: Adolf Eichmann: Mr. Holocaust Himself
Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to discuss one of the worst Nazis: Adolf Eichmann, a major architect of the Holocaust.
Robert Evans recommended Eichmann Before Jerusalem by Bettina Stangneth, and discussed Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt, Eichmann by David Cesarani, and Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Eichmann in Jerusalem
Discussed“Hannah Arent who's a famous philosopher and scholar of totalitarianism writes a book called Ikeman in Jerusalem right which is very much worth reading today although very flawed right”
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Eichmann Before Jerusalem
Recommended“So a big source for my episodes is a book by German philosopher and author Betatina Stangth, who wrote a wonderful book called Ikeman before Jerusalem.”
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Eichmann
Discussed“Cesarini, who is the author of Ikeman, his life and crimes, describes similar cavalcades of [ __ ] from a generation of lazy, ahistorical pop bios of this guy.”
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Mein Kampf
Discussed“In minecom, Hitler wrote this about poet. Quote, 'An old gentleman, kind, but at the same time firm.'”
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