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Facing the Glass Booth: The Jerusalem Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Haim Gouri
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Description for Facing the Glass Booth: The Jerusalem Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Paperback. A detailed account of Adolf Eichmann's trial by the poet and journalist Haim Gouri, who was assigned to cover the event by the Israeli daily newspaper "Lamerhav". The trial changed attitudes towarsd the Holocaust and Gouri's reporting was the literary catalyst of this change. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
When Adolf Eichmann stood trial in Jerusalem in 1961, Israel and the rest of the world experienced a reaction unlike any other produced by proceedings against a Nazi war criminal. Although some details about the Holocaust were generally known by the early sixties, the painful topic had slipped from public discussion as countries touched by World War II moved on to other pressing matters. Among Israeli-Jews fighting for a new homeland, the near-extermination of European Jewry was misunderstood as an embarrassment - an instance of Jewish impotence in the face of victimization by the Nazis. However, as the head of ... Read more
When Adolf Eichmann stood trial in Jerusalem in 1961, Israel and the rest of the world experienced a reaction unlike any other produced by proceedings against a Nazi war criminal. Although some details about the Holocaust were generally known by the early sixties, the painful topic had slipped from public discussion as countries touched by World War II moved on to other pressing matters. Among Israeli-Jews fighting for a new homeland, the near-extermination of European Jewry was misunderstood as an embarrassment - an instance of Jewish impotence in the face of victimization by the Nazis. However, as the head of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814330876
SKU
V9780814330876
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About Haim Gouri
Haim Gouri was born in Tel Aviv in 1923 and in 1941 joined the Palmach, the elite commando units of the Haganah, the forerunner of the Israel Defense Forces. An award-winning poet, journalist, and novelist, as well as a documentary filmmaker, Gouri has devoted much of his career to exploring political and cultural shifts in his country. Alan Mintz is ... Read more
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