And now you are married and you have two children". Female witnesses at the Eichmann trial
TitelAnd now you are married and you have two children". Female witnesses at the Eichmann trial
Auteur
Call numberS940.5318/002
Objectnummer04187fz
Plaats van uitgaveJerusalem
UitgeverYad Vashem
Jaar van uitgave
2021
Pagina'spp131-164
MateriaalArtikel
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 47 Part 2, 2019 pp131-164
Beschrijving
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