desk murderer

English

Used by Gideon Hausner to describe Adolf Eichmann, but often attributed to Hannah Arendt.[1]

desk murderer (plural desk murderers)

A bureaucrat, etc. who indirectly assists in genocide or other killing by performing clerical tasks.
Synonym: desk killer

Anne Conover Heller (2015) Hannah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 10: “[Adolf Eichmann] was a twentieth century “desk murderer,” brutal and satanic, according to [Gideon] Hausner, who coined the term that was afterward wrongly attributed to [Hannah] Arendt.”

单词	desk murderer
释义	desk murderer English Etymology Used by Gideon Hausner to describe Adolf Eichmann, but often attributed to Hannah Arendt.[1] Noun desk murderer (plural desk murderers) A bureaucrat, etc. who indirectly assists in genocide or other killing by performing clerical tasks. Synonym: desk killer Descendants → German: Schreibtischtäter (calque) See also little Eichmann References Anne Conover Heller (2015) Hannah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 10: “[Adolf Eichmann] was a twentieth century “desk murderer,” brutal and satanic, according to [Gideon] Hausner, who coined the term that was afterward wrongly attributed to [Hannah] Arendt.” Further reading desk murderer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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