Tuesday, April 11, 1961: The trial of Adolf Eichmann

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): @

* "The Seventh Million" (documentary): Part I @ and Part II @

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