Adolf Eichmann didn’t hate Jews and didn’t believe in the Nazis’ race theory, according to excerpts purported to be from Eichmann’s memoir published Wednesday in an Israeli newspaper. But experts said it is impossible to know whether the excerpts printed in Yediot Achronot are genuine. Israel decided Tuesday to release Eichmann’s actual memoirs, written by the Nazi official while he was in an Israeli jail in 1962.
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