“Hans Safrian provides readers with excellent insight into how Adolf Eichmann and a small group of men around him were able to coordinate and manage a major portion of the Final Solution. He demonstrates that the ‘desk murderers,’ rather than simply shuffling papers, played a tremendously important role in coordinating and carrying out the murder of millions of European Jews. They were creative, pro-active, energetic, and completely devoted to their work.”
— Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies, Emory University

“Eichmann’s Men is a breakthrough in the study of Eichmann, his office, and the men who implemented anti-Jewish policy in the Third Reich – culminating in the grotesquely efficient management of genocide. It is the standard work on the subject; it deserves to become a classic.”
— David Cesarani, Research Professor in History, Royal Holloway, University of London

“A pioneering work on the Gestapo-SD perpetrators most central to the planning and execution of the Holocaust….finally has been translated, thanks to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum….The focus is on Eichmann’s men [and]…constitutes Safrian’s major contribution to Täterforschung and our understanding of the evolution of perpetrator mentality. With Safrian’s fine biographical sketches of these men and descriptions of their behavior,…a convincing picture of their character and motivation emerges….The view [then] broadens well beyond the Eichmann men to their collaborators in the Wehrmacht, occupation administrators, Nazi-allied governments, and indigenous populations….Thoroughly documented and well translated, Safrian’s study offers valuable insights….Students of historiography will appreciate Eichmann’s Men for its significant contributions.”
— George C. Browder, Holocaust and Genocide Studies