Though Arendt believes that Eichmann is telling the truth in his testimony, the court system and I cannot take anything Eichmann says as truth. This is because, and by his own admission, he lies; though contradicts himself later on. "For the first time his life he admitted his earlier disasters, although he must have been aware of the fact he thus contradicted himself on several important entries in all of his official Nazi records" (p28).
We must be cautious of the information that Eichmann and the other psychiatrists gave the court as "Mr. Hausner's recent revelations in the Saturday Evening Post that [he] could not bring out at trial "(p26) could be in direct contradiction of the findings of Eichmann's 'normalcy'. As mentioned by fellow group member Meghan, Eichmann does show signs of sociopathy in the lying sense; therefore, the court cannot trust his testimony. …show more content…
This is significant because it shows his intent to do something else, and found a place within the Nazi party. Though Eichmann was removed from high school and later, vocational school -- he lied and stated he was a construction engineer to the