In Israel, Professor Buber was not a conformist. For example, he opposed
the execution of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi put to death by Israel for
crimes against the Jews.
"For such crimes," he said at the time, "there is no penalty." He took
the position that where the imagination cannot envision a suitable
penalty for such horrendous crimes as Eichmann's, a death penalty was
meaningless.
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