Clergyman's

Eichmann boasted about anything that seemed at all plausible to him: his genuinely close ties to the highest powers in Hungary; his somewhat indirect contact with the powers of the Third Reich; his access to everything from a ""personal aircraft"" to direct control of the gas chambers at Auschwitz. ... He threatened his victims with the prospect that after the ""final victory,"" Hitler would make him ""World Commissar of the Jews.
- Adolf Eichmann

They knew me wherever I went. Through the press, the name Eichmann had emerged as a symbol.... In any case, the word Jew ... was irreversibly linked with the word Eichmann. Much more power ... was attributed to me than I actually had.
- Adolf Eichmann

I have them completely in hand here, they dare not take a step without first consulting me.
- Adolf Eichmann

I have them completely in hand here, they dare not take a step without first consulting me.
- Adolf Eichmann

After the conference, Heydrich, Müller and myself sat cozily around the fireplace. We had drinks. We had brandy. We sang songs. After a while, we got up on chairs and drank a toast. Then we got up on the tables and went round and round. On the chairs. On the tables. Then we sat around peacefully, giving ourselves a rest after so many exhausting hours.
- Adolf Eichmann

My heart was light and joyful in my work, because the decisions were not mine.
- Adolf Eichmann

It was actually an achievement that was never matched before or since.
- Adolf Eichmann