Accountability and the Cold War: The Eichmann Trial and Holocaust Representation in the Soviet Union
Year: 2024

The chapter focuses on the evolution of Soviet official discourse on the Holocaust parallel to the Eichmann arrest and trial in Jerusalem (1960-65), while insisting rather on its ambiguities and exploring literary, press, and filmic spaces in which the topic was discussed. Undoubtedly, the Eichmann trial played a vital role, even if it did not overcome resistance to public recognition of the specificity of the genocide of the Jews. The fate of the Jewish communities in the occupied territories,