Reddit reviews Nuremberg Diary

Hermann Goering made these comments during the proceedings to Gustave Mark Gilbert who was a psychologist and was allowed access to all prisoners. This specific quote is published in the Nuremberg Diary written by Gustave.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp

http://www.amazon.com/Nuremberg-Diary-G-M-Gilbert/dp/0306806614

“In my work with the defendants (at the Nuremberg Trials 1945-1949) I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants, a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”

Captain G. M. Gilbert, the Army psychologist assigned to
watching the defendants at the Nuremberg trials

Great book "The Nuremberg Diary".

Awesome link - I'm looking for the same thing.

I wish they had a kindle edition, but it appears the whole interview could be found in the book: "Nuremberg Diary" by G. M. Gilbert
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306806614/qid=1059272755/

I bet you've seen this, but I found this thread for the info relating to the quote:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/235519.html

And Lastly, something that might be worth checking out for ya- the original spot I found this quote was 15 minutes into Dan Carlin's podcast: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/common-sense-317-shades-of-grey/

I recommend the Nuremberg Diary by Gilbert. LINK

http://www.amazon.com/Nuremberg-Diary-G-M-Gilbert/dp/0306806614

Some other good works to read about "the banality of evil" are Eichmann in My Hands, People of the Lie and Nuremberg Diary.