Hannah Arendt (2012)

Ulrich Noethen: Hans Jonas

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• Hans Jonas : Everything's simple for a genius.

  Hannah Arendt : Don't exaggerate.

• Hannah Arendt : He considered himself an obedient servant of Germany who had to obey the Fuhrer's orders. "My loyalty is my honor." The Fuhrer's orders became the law. He didn't feel guilty in the sense of the indictment. He behaved according to the law.

  Hans Jonas : Hannah, it's been proven that Eichmann pursued the Final Solution even after Himmler had long since forbidden it. And why? He wanted to finish *his* work.

  Heinrich Blücher : Don't you see that every law, every commandment was turned upside down. It was not "Thou shalt not kill," but "Thou must kill." To do your duty, goodness was a temptation you had to resist.

  Hans Jonas : Great. So no one is responsible or guilty. Every sane person knows murder is wrong.

• Hans Jonas : But Eichmann is a monster. And when I say monster, I don't mean Satan. You don't need to be smart or powerful to behave like a monster.

  Hannah Arendt : You're being too simplistic. What's new about the Eichmann phenomenon is that there are so many just like him. He's a terrifyingly normal human being.