Death of Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman and Deportations from Europe by Hannah Arendt
Regarding the two pieces of writing, Death of Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman and Deportations from Europe by Hannah Arendt, the exhibition of historical narrative is evident. However, it is essential to underscore that Adolf Eichmann is left out of the historical narrative as compared to Abraham Lincoln, whose narrative dominates the lecture by Walt Whitman. While Abraham Lincoln’s historical narrative touches on the massive contribution of the president, especially during the civil war, Adolf Eichmann has no such significant contribution apart from been an executioner of the orders from the central agencies of Berlin. For instance, upon the realization of the unreliability of Werner Best in carrying out the required orders, Eichmann had to send one of the best men from his office – Rolf Gunther to Denmark to complete the unfinished business regarding the Jewish deportation. This is an indication of the caliber of roles that were entrusted with Adolf Eichmann. His roles and actions were even opposed by some of the German officials who were not comfortable executing them, owing to the nature of their brutality. Thus, such activities were not heroic as such and therefore served as a reason why Eichmann’s historical narrative is missing because the victor usually writes history. However, Abraham Lincoln’s historical narrative is towering because of his centrality in preserving the state of the union; thus, Walt Whitman describes that the murder of the president culminated at the end of the secession of the states from the union. Ultimately, this implies that history is not the same as truth because several events that happen in history always miss being published as they are in their original state. This is because the writers of history tend to come from the victor’s side, whose essence is to make intentional historical biases to favor their side, thus omitting crucial truths.