The request for clemency by one of the key architects of the Holocaust is a grim reminder: being ordinary is no protection against doing mighty evilHad it not been for an unguarded conversation between Adolf Eichmann’s son and the Argentinian girl he was dating,the chances are that the shabby “Ricardo Klement” would have lived out his days in obscurity a few miles north of Buenos Aires. Unlike Josef Mengele, the sadistic camp doctor at Auschwitz, or who was feted in the more glamorous circles of Argentinian society,Klement was a failure in his adopted country. He ran a laundry business for a while but it went bankrupt. He lurched from job to job. And when he was captured by Mossad agents on 11 May 1960, shuffling home from the bus cease, or they couldn’t fairly believe that this was the tall-ranking Nazi officer who was responsible for the deportation of millions of Jews to the death camps. Related: Eichmann claimed he was 'a mere instrument' in Holocaust,appeal reveals Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com