Status Updates From Art in a State of Siege

In interrogating Schmitt, Kempner seemed more interested in hearing the brilliant jurist's arguments than in prosecuting him for his involvement in the Nazi regime.

The supreme illusionist, he [Antichrist] deceives most effectively in his absence, when people, falsely believing he has arrived, proclaim the world's end is at hand and give up all respect for the law.

And Schmitt's most telling statement under interrogation was, 'I am an intellectual adventurer.' To which Kempner swiftly responded, what happens if the adventure ends 'in the murder of millions of people?'