"Was Dinur overcome by hatred? Fear? Horrid memories? No; it was none of these. Rather, as Dinur explained to Wallace, all at once he realized Eichmann was not the god-like army officer who had sent so many to their deaths. This Eichmann was an ordinary man. 'I was afraid about myself,: said Dinur. "... I saw that I am capable to do this. I am ... exactly like he.'"[10]
"Yehiel De-Nur - Wikipedia"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehiel_De-Nur
"My father helped to make this Nazi into a character in a drama of cinematic confrontation, not of real understanding. It was now the Jewish state against the murderer of Jews. Crimes against other groups were not germane to the purpose to which the State of Israel and its head prosecutor, Gideon Hausner, sought to turn the trial.
The question of how fascism gains power is no less urgent today. As nationalisms multiply around the globe, lies gain supremacy as political weapons and scapegoating minorities proves itself a powerful mobilizing force, danger is burgeoning, here and in Israel itself. What I witnessed as a 14-year-old in that control room, I am witnessing again. The fascination with individual people’s guilt or innocence is obscuring the society-wide re-emergence of fascism. And we appear to be no more interested in viewing the full picture."
~ Tom Hurwitz
"Opinion | Adolf Eichmann Was Ready for His Close-Up. My Father Gave It to Him. - The New York Times"
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/opinion/adolf-eichmann-tv-trial.html
"In Hannah Arendt's book Eichmann in Jerusalem, the author implies that his fainting might have been due to the response of prosecutor Gideon Hausner and presiding judge Moshe Landau, who thought he detracted from the case at hand with the spectacular witness statement of his."
"Yehiel De-Nur - Wikipedia"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehiel_De-Nur
"Session 68. Witness Yehiel Dinur is sworn in. He identifies himself as a man born in Poland, and as a writer. 00:02:14 He is asked about his pseudonym K. Zetnik. He explains the meaning of his books, particularly the Auschwitz chronicle, he explains how in the camps time passed on a different scale, the inhabitants of the planet breathed and lived under different laws and nature - "their name was the number 'Kazetnik'". That's why he uses this name. He talks about the uniform, and the "Auschwitz planet." 00:09:20 The witness asked to listen to questions, as he continues to speak about what is on his mind and does not directly address the questions put before the court. Suddenly the witness faints. It is later discovered that he has had a stroke while testifying. There is commotion in the courtroom; the witness's wife comes to his aid at the witness stand, along with court personnel..."
"Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 68 and 69 -- Testimonies of Y. Dinur, Y. Bakon, A. Oppenheimer, A. Beilin"
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