THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, November 25, 1960 —
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Eichmann Story Is Subject of Many Books;
Reynolds Edits Account by Katz, Aldouby
In anticipation of the trial of
the arch Nazi criminal, Adolf
Eichmann, which is scheduled
to commence in Jerusalem early
in March, a number of books
already have been published on
the Eichmann Case.
Several paperbacks have been
issued. Among the first to
appear, several months ago, waS
"The Case Against Adolf Eich-
mann," by Henry A. Zeiger,
published by the New American
Library.
Another paperback of merit
is "Eichmann—The Man and His
Crimes," by Corner Clarke, pub-
lished by Ballantine Books (101
5th, N. Y. 3). In this story is
recorded "the savage truth"
about the Nazi who was respon-
sible for the death of millions
of Jews. Clarke tells "how it
all began," the genesis of the
tragic story of Hitler's brutality.
the assignation to Eichmann of
the role of mass murderer, his
role in the most brutal of all
historical episodes and his
eventual flight from justice be-
fore he was caught by the
Israelis in Argentina.
Supplemented by 16 pages of
photographs, this paperback
offers much of the evidence that
has accumulated against Eich-
mann.
* * *
There have been published
scores of magazine and news-
paper articles on the Eichmann
case. The most important work
on the subject, however, is
"Minister of Death: The Adolf
Eichmann Story," published by
Viking Press
(625 Madison.
N. Y. 22). The
complete story
is told in this
book by two
Israeli journa-
lists, Ephraim
Katz and Zy
Aldouby, who
prepared- t h e
manu script,
and was edited
by Quentin
Reynolds.
In his pre-
face, Reynolds
reports on a
visit he re-
Reynolds 2eived from the
two Israelis who brought with
them 800 pages of material,
"gathered into English." contain-
ing all the data on the Eichmann
case.
Aldouby told Reynolds of
the "photostated documents
which prove everything we
wrote." Katz told him: "When
we quote Eichmann's conver-
sations with other SS officers
or with co-workers they are
actual quotes taken from his
memoirs." They are the
memoirs Eichmann began to
write in Argentina, and the
two Israelis received access to
them:
Kastner case are part of the
story. The Brand account, the
data supplied by survivors from
Nazism, dates and places, as
well as the texts of Himmler's
orders that were followed by
Eichmann and implemented by
him, are scrupulously detailed.
The authors, well-informed
men who know the details of
the Nazi atrocities and who
understand Israel's position,
anticipate the defense that will
be resorted to by Eichmann and
the approaches that may b
used by Israel authorities. Th
stated:
"David Ben-Gurion is a stt
born man. When he is co
vinced that his policy is rig
he does not compromise. He
positive that Israel has not only
ADOLF EICHMANN
a moral right, but a legal right
superior office r, Heinrich to try Eichmann in Israel. It
Himmler, who gave him orders seems inevitable that the final
(which came initially from Hit- chapter of this story will be
ler) for what the Fuehrer called written in the District Court of
`the final solution.' This meant Jerusalem."
the extermination of every
They anticipate that witnesses
Jewish inmate of every concen-
.e
• to Jerusalem
tration camp. Eichmann ap- or t • rial of
ann from
proached his task with - lim
al • arts of the glo
and that
less energy and enthusiasm.'
• standing among
em is
This is the man describ: • in Charles Joseph
• rd
a
the h_orrifying yet infor , ativ former sergeant-maj r n The
book.
British Artillery, fam US or his
* * *
nickname, 'Co nt
witz.'
- d k. 4 I
said
It is not only the sto of e Fifty-six-year
ea
in his
Nazi crimes and of E . m n's ; that thre
e w ks be-
role in the brutalities that dis- Lo on o
chma
s_ cap re and
tinguishes the Kat Aldouby-Ifor
woul agree to
Reynolds story, but m y of the aske him if
in 'a ossib
trial of
e Eich- testi
incidents related to
mann case that make is book anoth war crimin ' . : The
'Count f Ausch
z was cap-
stand out. The author tate:
tured bathe Ger ans in Calais
"Only two crimes
Israel in- 1940 and w
imprisoned in
pital Auschwitz, w
carry the sentence of
e he met Eich-
punishment—treason an •
az' mann thre
Imes. He gained
olf his 'title'
war crimes. However, if
ough his unfailing-
Eichniann is found guilty
n I •
appearance—even in
condemned to death the Israe
authorities will face a minor
problem; no execution has taken
place in Israel since the birth
of the state in 1948. There has
been no professional public
executioner in the country
since the end of the British
mandate, but a great many
people whose families were vic-
tims of the gas chambers have
volunteered their service s.
Among them is a certain Moshe
Benedict, an 80-year-old inhabi-
tant of the Malben (a home for
the aged in Natania. Israel),
who presented his qualifications
for the job in a letter to Ben-
Gurion. He. had spent three
years in a German concentra-
tion camp and he- had witnessed
hangings almost daily, which
made him an 'expert' on the
subject. Another volunteer is
Jan Kaminski, a wild-animal
trainer.
"Not only from Israel but
from all over Europe come re-
quests for the distasteful job.
A Scotsman wrote from Edin-
burgh to the Israeli authorities
saying he would be gladto hang,
Eichmann if the price was satis-
factory.
"The excitement produced in
Reynolds then states: "I have t-
Israel
when the news of Eich
studied the documents and i
asked experts to give me their i mann's capture was release
opinion. There was not a dis- spread even to the younge
senting voice — they were un- children, sometimes with near
questionably authentic. And so 'tragic results. In Haifa, a grou
I wrote this book with their
material. This is really their of youngsters were playing
game they had invented calle
story."
* * *
`Eichmann's Trial.' An 8-year-
The fantastic tale, of terror- old named Dubi Preis was
ism, brutalities, murders, the chosen to play the part of the
program aimed at exterminating
Jewry; then Eichmann's flight defendant. He was found guilty
and his capture, and the sub- by his playmates and 'con-
sequent developments, comprise demned to death.' They actually
, this record of the "Minister of hanged him from a tree, and
Death."
it was only at the last moment
A brief paragraph describes that his 12-year-old brother
the brutal Nazi. We are told: rushed up and saved his life."
"Karl Adolf Eichmann had a •
* * *
passion for anonymity. Al-
It
is
the
complete
account of
though he was one of the most
influential men in Germany the Eichmann record, his many
during the war, his name was crimes — all documented—that
hardly known outside the bor- make this book a compilation
ders of the Third Reich. But of evidence against the Nazi
he was well known to his butcher. The details of the
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