The Eichmann Show

[maggiebee]

Did anyone watch The Eichman Show on TV last night. Came across it by accident and was absolutely spellbound. The images still shocked me though I have seen them many times over the years. Great acting from Martin Freeman and Anthony LaPaglia - indeed the whole cast was wonderful.

[Jackdaw33]

I remember the trial when I was 13. He was the only person ever to have been executed in Israel.

[andy-hughes]

I didn't see it, but I always think of the phrase used to describe Eichmann - 'The banality of evil ...' which is a wonderfully apt and chilling expression.

He looked like, and saw himself as, a clerk, an office worker.

The fact that his work involved facilitating the deaths of millions of people did not seem to trouble him in the slightest.

[maggiebee]

The footage from his trial showed his lack of emotion at everything that was said by eye witnesses and shown on film - chilling.

[chrissa1]

I watched it back in 2015 and agree, maggiebee, it was very, very good. I think I'll watch it again as I see it's on YouTube which I can get on my tv. It'll be a good thing to watch on a Saturday night as tv is dire, then.