In Jerusalem, Israel, former Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann goes on trial for his role in the Holocaust of World War II. (Eichmann had been captured the year before; see post of May 11, 1960.) The 15 counts against him include charges of crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity, war crimes and membership in a hostile organization.
-- Trial summaries
* From United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: @
* From Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team: @
* From Israel State Archives: @
* From "The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust": @
-- Other resources
* "The Trial of Adolf Eichmann" (from remember.org): @
* "Marking 50 Years Since the Eichmann Trial" (from Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority): @
* Trial transcripts (from The Nizkor Project): @
* Trial photos (from Israel State Archives): @
* "How Nazi Adolf Eichmann's trial unified Israel" (from BBC): @
* holocaustsurvivors.org: @
-- Videos
* Eichmann Trial Channel (includes 200+ hours of trial footage): @
* Newsreel: @
* Portions of trial (from britishpathe.com): @
* Opening statement by Israeli attorney general Gideon Hausner: @
* Witness testimonies: @
* Significance (by Deborah Lipstadt, Holocaust studies professor, Emory University): @
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