The Capture And Trial Of Adolf EichmannIncludes, as an Appendix, a full text of the Indictment, translated from the Hebrew. The horror trial of the 20th century has been that of Adolf Eichmann, Obersturmbannführer of Germany’s death camps—the man who, between 1939-1945, in one way or another, caused the killing of six million men, women, and children. Out of mountains of courtroom evidence, both live and documentary, Pearlman renders a relevant, reliable account of the drama. The whole story is here: from the capture in Argentina, to the world-famed image of the twitching man in the glass-enclosed dock as he listened to the sagas of the ghetto fighters, the confrontation of the accused and witnesses who came back as if from the dead, the indictment enunciated by Hausner, and the defense arguments of Servatius. And lastly the words of Eichmann himself: “I received orders and I executed orders.” A gripping read. |
Contents
7THE COURTROOM 66 | |
8THE PRELIMINARY ARGUMENTS 81 | |
IIIFINAL SOLUTION 193 | |
IVTHE LIVING SPEAK 205 | |
VTHE GHETTO FIGHTERS 220 | |
VISLAUGHTER IN THE PIT 233 | |
VIITHE BRANCHES FALL 248 | |
VIIIBLOOD FOR GOODS 269 | |
IXCAMPS OF DEATH 284 | |
13ON THE STAND 315 | |
9THE CRIME 115 | |
10THE ACCUSED 145 | |
11THE INTERROGATION 156 | |
12THE EVIDENCE 175 | |
IIEVE OF MURDER 179 | |
14THE CROSSEXAMINATION 354 | |
15QUESTIONS FROM THE BENCH 404 | |
16THE JUDGMENT 427 | |
APPENDIXFULL TEXT OF THE INDICTMENT 480 | |
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 493 | |
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