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The term "desk murderer" (German: Schreibtischtäter) is attributed to Hannah Arendt and is used to describe state-employed mass murderers like Adolf Eichmann, who planned and organised the Holocaust without taking part in killings personally. The German translation of the term, Schreibtischtäter, was listed as one of the 100 most significant words in the German language in the 20th century and dates from around the same time as the English version. In the early 1970s the word Schreibtischtäter was included in the German standard dictionary, the Duden.

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  • Der Begriff Schreibtischtäter beschreibt eine Person, welche eine (Straf-)Tat nicht selbst und eigenverantwortlich begeht, sondern zur Tat in einem mittelbaren Bezug steht und damit zunächst im Hintergrund bleibt. (de)
  • The term "desk murderer" (German: Schreibtischtäter) is attributed to Hannah Arendt and is used to describe state-employed mass murderers like Adolf Eichmann, who planned and organised the Holocaust without taking part in killings personally. The German translation of the term, Schreibtischtäter, was listed as one of the 100 most significant words in the German language in the 20th century and dates from around the same time as the English version. In the early 1970s the word Schreibtischtäter was included in the German standard dictionary, the Duden. (en)
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  • Der Begriff Schreibtischtäter beschreibt eine Person, welche eine (Straf-)Tat nicht selbst und eigenverantwortlich begeht, sondern zur Tat in einem mittelbaren Bezug steht und damit zunächst im Hintergrund bleibt. (de)
  • The term "desk murderer" (German: Schreibtischtäter) is attributed to Hannah Arendt and is used to describe state-employed mass murderers like Adolf Eichmann, who planned and organised the Holocaust without taking part in killings personally. The German translation of the term, Schreibtischtäter, was listed as one of the 100 most significant words in the German language in the 20th century and dates from around the same time as the English version. In the early 1970s the word Schreibtischtäter was included in the German standard dictionary, the Duden. (en)
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  • Schreibtischtäter (de)
  • Desk murderer (en)
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