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founding father and the War Criminal's Trial: Ben Gurion and the Eichmann trial
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The founding father and the War Criminal's Trial: Ben Gurion and the Eichmann trial
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS940.5318/002
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]04187ay
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Jerusalem
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Yad Vashem
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2008
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp211-252
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 36 Part 1, 2008 pp211-252
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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