Thursday, February 13, 2025

I guess he was just an above-average man of his time?

"Later, he was evaluated by an American psychologist who found that he was not only above-average intelligence but cognitively normal: in other words, he was not a psychopath."

~ Thomas Harding

"I met Rudolf Höss’s family..."

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/auschwitz-rudolf-hoss-zone-of-interest-oscars-b2669104.html

"From everything his daughter had told me, it appeared that the commandant was an emotional and sane individual who – and this is the key point – chose to overcome his better instincts. Day after day. Year after year. A conclusion that is terrifying because it means that anyone could be capable of doing the same."

~ Thomas Harding

"I met Rudolf Höss’s family..."

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/auschwitz-rudolf-hoss-zone-of-interest-oscars-b2669104.html

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