Our story starts in Argentina in 1960. A middle-age man is on his way home. As he gets off the bus, hooded men grab him and shuffle him into a van.

The man is Adolf Eichmann and the hooded men are Israeli intelligence officers. They smuggle him to Israel to stand trial for his role in the Holocaust. As a prominent Nazi in Hitler鈥檚 Third Reich, Eichmann organised the deportations of millions of Jewish people to death camps. He gets the chilling nickname 鈥淭he Architect of the Holocaust鈥�. The trial was broadcast globally and onlookers watched on in horror and disbelief as the crimes of a seemingly normal man were lay bare.

On this episode of Bad People, Dr. Julia Shaw and comedian Sofie Hagen dissect Eichmann鈥檚 morally dubious defence that he was 鈥渏ust following orders鈥� and was acting within Nazi law. And they unpick the controversial research that led scientists to question whether all humans are capable of great harm under the right circumstances.

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Warning: This episode contains strong language and descriptions of violence

CREDITS
Presenters: Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen
Producer: Louisa Field
Assistant Producer: Simona Rata
Music: Matt Chandler
Editor: Rami Tzabar
Academic Consultants for The Open University: Lara Frumkin and James Munro
Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland
Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins

Bad People is produced in partnership with The Open University and is a 麻豆官网首页入口 Audio Science Production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Sounds.

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