The Accused, Adolf Eichmann, was an Austrian by birth who volunteered to work for the Security Service (SD) in Berlin. He rose through the ranks and eventually occupied the position of Head of Section (Referant) for Jewish Affairs charged with all matters related to the implementation of the Final Solution to the Jewish Question. In this capacity, he oversaw the transport and deportation of.
The Eichmann Trial. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1964. (D 804 .G43 E57 1964) (Find in a library near you (external link)) An analysis of the legal issues involved in the Eichmann Trial, written by the official observer for the International Commission of Jurists. Recounts the story of Eichmann’s arrest, explores the legal bases of the.
The Eichmann case is an exanple of such a commitment but at the same time, shows one major obstacle in terms of international jurisdiction. Eichmann was apprehended by Israeli agents without the consent or knowledge of the Argentinian government. This act elicited a backlash where Argentinian sovereignty was violated and the United Nations (UN.
Eichmann's Trial in Jerusalem Witnesses. The witnesses were summoned to set out the full and complex story of the Holocaust, not necessarily from a viewpoint associated directly with the accused. Predictably, however, an account of Eichmann's crimes was woven into their stories arising out of his various posts in the SS, as coordinator.
THE TRIAL OF ADOLF EICHMANN: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT Conference at the University of Toronto, September 8-10, 2012. Co-sponsored by the Centre for Jewish Studies of the University of Toronto and the GHI Washington. Conveners: Doris Bergen (University of Toronto), Michael Marrus (University of Toronto), Richard F. Wetzell (GHI). Made possible by.
Although they are colder, they lend the Eichmann trial the character of a Moscow trial; and if grounds for guilt could be stated against Eichmann, they have disappeared in the face of the unpardonable circumstances of his kidnapping and, in the eyes of posterity, the person who was condemned is more likely to be considered a victim than an.
The 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann held in an Israeli courtroom and broadcast around the globe, was a benchmark event in the historiography of the Holocaust, especially in Israel where the trial proved a watershed experience for survivors and citizens of the new Jewish state. Employing new video and broadcast technologies, the trial was also a.
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