In the chap­ter titled “ADOLF EICHMANN AND ME,” the nar­ra­tor reflects on his two days of con­va­les­cence in a pecu­liar set­ting, dressed in ill-fit­ting clothes sourced from friends—the gar­ments are odd­ly sym­bol­ic of his state of being. He shares his feel­ings of vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty, being cared for by Resi Noth and George Kraft, and the shared goal of escap­ing Amer­i­ca. Their dis­cus­sions cen­ter around idyl­lic des­ti­na­tions like Aca­pul­co and Rhodes, indi­cat­ing a desire to escape the grim real­i­ties sur­round­ing them, which are wors­ened by the news that instills fear and anx­i­ety about his future.

The narrator’s sit­u­a­tion grows dire as rumors spread that he is a cit­i­zen of nowhere, with both Israel and West Ger­many express­ing a desire to claim him, fueled by the press’s fran­tic calls for jus­tice. He describes the pub­lic out­cry against him, illus­trat­ing a soci­ety rid­dled with hostility—people demand vio­lent ret­ri­bu­tion, while var­i­ous fac­tions call for his tri­al, view­ing him as akin to infa­mous war crim­i­nals.

Through­out, the nar­ra­tor cri­tiques the fer­vor of pub­lic sen­ti­ment, call­ing faith in such absur­di­ty ter­ri­fy­ing. The press’s indig­na­tion and the pri­vate desires for revenge illus­trate a rabid atmos­phere sur­round­ing him. These sen­ti­ments are exem­pli­fied by pub­li­ca­tions like The New York Post and The New York Times, which sug­gest extreme mea­sures against him.

A rather unset­tling encounter with Adolf Eich­mann occurs dur­ing his brief impris­on­ment in Tel Aviv. There’s a sur­re­al exchange where Eich­mann, unre­pen­tant and as enig­mat­ic as ever, dis­cuss­es the nature of writ­ing and even makes a macabre joke about the human cost of his actions. The narrator’s response encap­su­lates a stark truth: Eich­mann per­ceives no guilt, nor does he acknowl­edge the intrin­sic hor­ror of his actions.

The chap­ter ends with a note from Eich­mann, ques­tion­ing the neces­si­ty of a lit­er­ary agent—a wry moment reflec­tive of both men’s grim real­i­ties. The nar­ra­tor’s inter­ac­tions with Eich­mann reveal the almost absurd non­cha­lance that per­vades their dire sit­u­a­tions, under­scor­ing deep reflec­tions on moral­i­ty, com­plic­i­ty, and the human con­di­tion in the face of atroc­i­ty.