And now you are married and you have two children". Female witnesses at the Eichmann trial
TitreAnd now you are married and you have two children". Female witnesses at the Eichmann trial
Auteur
Call numberS940.5318/002
N° d'objet04187fz
Lieu de publicationJerusalem
EditeurYad Vashem
Année de publication
2021
Paginationpp131-164
MatérielArticle
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