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along perimeter of painting:
"He was trained
to be so obedient so successfully and at such an early age, that the training
never lost its effectiveness; the structure never displayed any fissures,
water never penetrated it at any point. This explains why he was able
to listen to the most moving testimony without the slightest display of
emotion, yet, when he forgot to stand up at the reading of the verdict,
he blushed with embarrassment when this was called to his attention."
-adapted from Alice
Miller's psychoanalysis of Nazi war criminals Eichmann and Hoess |