He was the organizer of the extermination of the Jews: Adolf Eichmann. How was he able to hide for fifteen years after the war? How did he manage to convince so many during his trial in Jerusalem in 1961 that his thinking was banal and that he was therefore not evil? Bettina Stangneth's sensational book paints the picture of a dangerous trickster and deceiver who could reinvent himself in every situation and before any audience, a Nazi careerist who was by no means willing to disappear into the shadows after 1945. It also provides explosive insights into the history of the early Federal Republic. A captivating investigation! Awarded the NDR Culture Non-Fiction Book Prize.