Druhý život Adolfa Eichmanna – Magnus Ariel (2022)

Since the end of the war, the architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann, has been hiding from justice. In 1950, under the false name Ricardo Klement, he settles in Peronist Argentina, where he enjoys the protection of the local government and the German community. Two years later, his wife and children join him, and he begins to live a quiet and discreet family life, which is interrupted in 1960 by his capture by the Israeli secret service Mossad. The novel "The Second Life of Adolf Eichmann" captures the last years of freedom of one of the most enigmatic war criminals in human history, while also offering an interesting glimpse into the places where, just a few years after the horrors of war, victims and their executioners once again meet. Eichmann's egocentrism and cold-bloodedness in this gripping novel, told for the first time from the perspective of the so-called "architect of the Holocaust," sharply contrast with his everyday family vulnerability. Ariel Magnus, in his latest novel, delves deep into the psyche of this complex historical figure, and the concluding parts reveal surprisingly personal testimonies related to this fascinating figure from the realm of evil.