founding father and the War Criminal's Trial: Ben Gurion and the Eichmann trial
TitleThe founding father and the War Criminal's Trial: Ben Gurion and the Eichmann trial
Author
Call numberS940.5318/002
Object number04187ay
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherYad Vashem
Year of publication
2008
Dimensionspp211-252
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 36 Part 1, 2008 pp211-252
Description
Ben Gurion wanted the Eichmann trial to bring home the uncertainty of Jewish life in the diaspora. He saw the trial as an assertion of Jewish sovereignty and a way to highlight the positive aspects of what the diaspora had accomplished