Who’s Who at the Eichmann Trial

 

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Under Israeli law, three Judges would preside over the Eichmann case.

The Judges

Moshe Landau Presiding Judge The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Presiding Judge Moshe Landau

    1. – 49 at trial of Eichmann
    2. – Supreme Court Justice appointed President of Jerusalem District Court; had served in magistry and 5 years on the District bench
    3. – Emigrated to Palestine in 1933 completed law degree at University of London

 

 

 

Benjamin Halevi The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Judge Benjamin Halevi
– 51 at trial of Eichmann
– “a dark, handsome man, with tints of gray in a thick cluster of hair that often fell forward in a boyish cowlick. He seemed amiable and mile-mannered, hiding a sharp mind behind an utterly bland expression.” (Pearlman, p.96)
– Regular President of the Jerusalem District Court, next in seniority to Landau
– Tried 1952 Kastner verdict in Israel (re: war crimes in Hungary)
– Emigrated to Palestine in 1933
– Received Doctorate of Law -magna cum laude- from University of Berlin
– Questioned Eichmann in German

 

 

Judge Yitzhak Raveh The Trial of Adolf EichmannJudge Yitzhak Raveh
– 55 at trial of Eichmann
– President of the Tel Aviv District Court
– Emigrated to Palestine in 1933
– Received Doctorate of Law from both the Berlin and Halle Universities in Germany
– Served as Magistrate in Berlin before emigrating
– Questioned Eichmann in German

 

 

The Prosecution

Gideon Hausner The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

 

Gideon Hausner
– 46 at trial of Eichmann
– Head of Eichmann prosecution
– Attorney General representing the State of Israel

 

 

 

 

Gavriel Bach The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

 

Gavriel Bach
– 34 at trial of Eichmann
– Assistant prosecutor at trial
– Deputy State Attorney
– Had been Ministry of Justice advisor to Police Bureau 06, so was most familiar with trial documents

 

 

 

Ya'akov Baror the Trial of Adolf EichmannYa’akov Baror
– 45 at trial of Eichmann
– Assistant prosecutor at trial
– Deputy State Attorney

 

 

 

 

 

Zvi Terlo the Trial of Adolf Eichmann

 

Zvi Terlo
– Deputy State Attorney

 

 

 

Jacob Robinson
– 72 at trial of Eichmann
– Advisor to prosecution

The Defense

 

Dr. Robert Servatius The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

 

Dr. Robert Servatius
– 65 at trial of Eichmann
– Attorney for the Defense
– Former lawyer in Cologne
– Defense lawyer for Fritz Sauckel, Reich Plenipotentiary for labor, at Nuremberg

 

 

 

Dieter Wechtenbruch
– 29 at trial of Eichmann

 

Adolf Eichmann Trial
NAZI WAR CRIMINAL ADOLF EICHMANN SITTING IN A GLASS CELL, AT HIS TRIAL AT BEIT HA’AM IN JERUSALEM…צילום תקריב של הפושע הנאצי אדולף אייכמן בתוך “תא הזכוכית” המשוריין, במשפטו שנערך בבית העם בירושלים.

 

 

Adolf Eichmann
– the Defendant, accused of Crimes Against the Jewish People and Crimes Against Humanity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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