The title of this post is a qoute from Rebecca Erbelding, who works for the Hollocaust Museum. She is discussing the recently donated photos of Auschwitz, which show the nazi officers daily lives. You can read more about it on the NY Times site. Make sure to listen to the audio with the slideshow.
EDIT: A well-read friend of mine emailed me this
[S]he’s likely alluding to Hannah Arendt’s book from the 60’s, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. It’s a damn amazing book. Eichmann was credited as being the bureaucrat who was the architect of the Final Solution.
http://www.amazon.com/Eichmann
-Jerusalem-Report-Banality -Evil/dp/0140187650
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