Adolf Eichmann – vykonavatel rozkazů?
Adolf Eichmann, Executor of Orders?

Summary/Abstract: The book "Adolf Eichmann – architekt holocaustu: Zločiny, dopadení a proces, který změnil dějiny" [Adolf Eichmann – Architect of the Holocaust: Crimes, Capture and the Trial that Changed History] by the acclaimed non-fiction author Roman Cílek is intended for a wider audience with an interest in twentieth-century history, but this, the reviewer argues, does not diminish its scholarly integrity. Although it is not based on original research of previously unstudied archival sources, the reviewer believes that Cílek’s book deserves attention for its engaging presentation, the appropriate and impressive use of various types of documents and its clear, but not declarative, ethical message. By depicting the career of Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962), Cílek zooms in on the genesis and implementation of the Nazi idea of exterminating the entire Jewish people. Central to the book are the chapters devoted to Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem in 1961, in which the author critically examines the failure of Czechoslovak diplomacy to provide the prosecution with evidence of Eichmann’s decisive role in the murder of the children of Lidice.

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