The Trial of Adolf Eichman - Lord Russell of Liverpool.
Rare First Edition.
The Trial of Adolf Eichman - Lord Russell of Liverpool.
Hardcover: ISBN-13- 9780712645928.
Heinemann Publishers: 1962 First Edition.
Condition: Very Good. Ex Library book with NO stamps and pastings. The cover have some limited signs of edge and spine wear and the book block is lightly spotted. The pages are clean and clear, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book is still in a very good condition and for an ex library book has clearly been well maintained thus far. The book is protected with the original Mylar cover.
Why this book is significant:
It provides a firsthand account of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann was a key engineer of the Holocaust, responsible for the deaths of six million Jews. Lord Russell's experience as a legal advisor and Deputy Judge Advocate General in Germany after the war adds authority to the account.
Although Adolf Eichmann stood alone in the dock at Jerusalem, the crimes with which he was charged called for a complete reappraisal of the Nazi policy for exterminating European Jewry. The Prosecution presented a full account of the 'Final Solution of the Jewish Problem' which they charged Eichmann with implementing at the cost of the grossest crimes against humanity. The man-hunt for Eichmann lasted fifteen years, ending in 1960 when Israeli agents discovered him working for a water-supply company in the Argentine. Since the Argentine Government would not agree to his extradition, Eichmann was abducted and taken under arrest to Israel. The Defence argued that the method of Eichmann's capture invalidated the judicial proceedings and further that the Court was incompetent to try a man for crimes committed against the Jewish people and contrary to the Jewish law, before the State of Israel had been created.
Eichmann's trial is a two-fold drama: the detailed relation of the most catastrophic events in this century, which resulted in the murder of six million Jews, and the tragedy of a man who thought obedience to an order exonerated him from the responsibility for unbelievable crimes. Lord Russell of Liverpool, who attended the trial, has drawn upon his experience as Deputy Judge Advocate General, British Army of the Rhine in Germany after the war, where he was responsible for the trial of German war criminals in the British Zone of Occupation, to write this authoritative reassessment of the Nazi tyranny over Jews and its notorious protagonist.