Evening star., 1961-04-11
EICHMANN
EICHkAANN
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to the 55-year-old defendant
were itemized.
Penalty Is Death
Israel accuses Eichmann Of
"crimes against the Jewish
people and crimes again hu-
manity." The indictment as
serts that he bears direct re-
sponsibility for the Staying Of
millions Of Jews, that he
caused other degradation, &.
deportation deprivation &.
and human torture and suf-
fering."
Israel has abolished capital
punishment except for crimes
against humanity under the
1850 law. On IL Of the IS
counts against Eichmann, the
maximum penalty is death.
Eichmann, as chief of the
Jewish affairs section Of the
Na1 Gestapo during the war,
is accused Of direct RESPONSE
bility for the catastrophe vis-
tied on the Jews.
He stood In the dock
shielded from the audience by
sheets Of buIlet-proof glass
stoney-faced and motionless as
a statue.
He was wearing a dark gray
business suit, a white shirt and
a striped necktie that matched
his suit. He peered once
through the glass toward the
audience, nodded once to Mr..
Servatius and the lawyers as
sistants.
Then he turned his head
toward the three judges and
appeared never to take his eyes
off them.
Courtroom damned
The courtroom, in Jerusalem's
community center. is a theater-
like room with 746 seats. All
Of them were filled 20 minutes
before the start of the trial to-
day at 9:01 am. Most Of the
spectators were newSmen.
Concealed television cameras
brought the proceedings to var
ious points around the building
by closed circuit, and to a thea
ter a block away where 700
people watched. The trial is
being conducted in Hebrew,
Israel's official language, with
simultaneous translation into
English, French and German.
Small transistor radios, tunable
to all four languages, were used
by the spectators.
Sitting with Justice Landau
are Benjamin Halevy, presi-
dent Of the Jerusalem District
Court, and Izhak Raveh, presi-
dent of the Tel Aviv District
Court.
The opposing attorneys and
their assistants sit at a long
table directly in front Of the
judges bench.
Eichmann's glass cubicle is
on his lawyers left. A witness
stand-unuSed during the OPEN
ing sessions on the right of
the prosecution.
As the trial opened. Justice
Landau ordered Eichmann to
rise and asked him If he was
Adolf Eichmann, son of Karl
Adolf Eichmann."
ia wohl," the defendant
replied, his voice steady and
deep over the public address
system.
Indictment Read
Justice Landau then began
reading the massive indict-
mert.
AS he went along, Eichmann
stood like a ramrod. His head
was thrown slightly back, his
square chin raised. Nothing
showed in his face as the list
Of crimes with which he Is
charged was being read.
After each numbered Sec
ton of the indictment was
read in Hebrew, the transla-
ton into German was read in
open court.
Eichmann continued to stare
at the bench. His thin lips
were pressed tightly together,
giving him a slightly petulant
look.
He is Of medium size, slim,
be-spectacled and bald. His
nose is large, slightly crooked,
with a sharp tip.
AS he stood in the dock,
peering through lis spectacles
toward the judges, he could
see on the wall behind them
a bronze menorah, the ancient
seven-armed Jewish Candida
bra that is part of the national
emblem of Israel.
Correspondents came and
went in relays durings the
reading Of the Indictment. With
the translation into German, i'll
took an hour and 10 minutes.
Plea Delayed
When he had finished, Jus
tice Landau asked Eichmann
if he had understood. The
prisoner indicated that he had.
Tell him he may sit down."
Justice Landau said to the
translator.
Eichmann took his seat, be-
tween two blue-uniformed Is
raeli policemen. He continued
to look toward the bench.
At this point, Eichmann
would have been asked for his
plea--guilty or not guilty as
charged in the Indictment
but Mr.. Servatius rose to chal-
lenge the legal basis Of the
trial.
The West German lawyer is
short, barrel bodied, with gray
hair and gold-rimmed spec
tacles. He was wearing black