User blog comment:GunjiBunny/Bronzed test page/@comment-28082245-20170509111622/@comment-24588058-20170510034704

It's always possible he found it in an antiques store, or it was given to him after an incident at a concentration camp. What if one of the Jews who was sent to the concentration camps used the book to try to escape, but failed and ended up getting killed? They collected the book and gave it to Eichmann, who discovered its properties. Once he knew the properties, as long as he kept it on his possession at the time of his capture, he could easily have requested that specific book before the execution.