little Eichmann

English

Etymology

Named after Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann.

Noun

little Eichmann (plural little Eichmanns)

1. (slang, derogatory) Someone who is like the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann; someone who seems ordinary but does evil as a member of an immoral or evil entity or system.
   • 2018, Paul M. Cole, POW/MIA Accounting: Volume I – Searching for America’s Missing Servicemen in the Soviet Union, Springer, →ISBN, page 843:

     Russian journalist Andrei Zhukov's work in Soviet archives produced a list of over 40,000 little Eichmanns who acted as willing, if not enthusiastic, executioners.

See also

• desk murderer

Further reading

• Little Eichmanns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia