Language:
English
Year of publication:
2009
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
14,2 (2009) 26-49
Keywords:
Eichmann, Adolf,
;
Hausner, Gideon,
;
Tamir, Shmuel
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Abstract:
Gideon Hausner, who was appointed attorney-general in July 1960 and then the prosecutor at the Eichmann trial, became the most famous symbol of this trial. Moreover, his participation in the trial made him an international figure. Examines Hausner's role in shaping the Eichmann trial, notinh that, despite attempts of Shmuel Tamir to turn the trial into a continuation of the Kasztner trial, Hausner insisted that the trial be conducted against a Nazi criminal and not against "Jewish collaborators" sharing responsibility with Eichmann. His goal, as well as Ben Gurion's, was to create the first narrative of the Holocaust at the trial, and he summoned prominent figures of the Jewish resistance as witnesses in order to include a message of Jewish heroism in this narrative. The opposition blamed Hausner for politicization of the trial and neglect of the right-wing wartime resistance. In 1962 Hausner retired as attorney-general, but his subsequent activities were connected with Holocaust memory.
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