And now you are married and you have two children". Female witnesses at the Eichmann trial
TitleAnd now you are married and you have two children". Female witnesses at the Eichmann trial
Author
Call numberS940.5318/002
Object number04187fz
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherYad Vashem
Year of publication
2021
Physical descriptionpp131-164
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 47 Part 2, 2019 pp131-164
Description
Highlights women's testimonies given during the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961. Focuses on the testimonies of four of the twenty two female witnesses at the trial - Zivia Lubetkin, Rivka Yoselevska, Rachel Auerbach and Vera Alexander - and finds that their statements reinforced pre-existing gender roles. These women's testimonies at the trial are a reflection of Israeli society at the time