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Synagogues Guarded in Austria: Eichmann's
Hanging Viewed Universally as Final Justice
"History and mankind will preme Court on May 29, 1962, shall all meet again. So is the
VIENNA, (JTA) — Police in it appeared from comments in
this city and in other large Aus- the press, had evidently written have to reassess what is just and the Minister of Justice hav- fate of all men. I've been liv-
trian centers established spe- Eichmann off even before Is- and what is unjust," he added. ing certified that the President ing believing in God and I die
cial patrols in front of syna- rael had recorded finis to the "Judaism has proved once again has decided not to exercise his believing in God," a phrase
gogues and other Jewish insti- Eichmann story. that money is stronger than law prerogative of clemency, the used by Nazis who left the
hanging was carried out. The church during the Nazi regime
A West German Government and justice.
to tutions, to guard against pos-
"They needed a victim, some body was examined by a gov- but who still considered them-
sible demonstrations by re- I spokesman said in Bonn: "Jus-
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actionary student groups or j tice has been done." The Free evidence, to justify German ernment physician who pro- selves not atheists.
Eichmann's last words were,
other neo-Nazi formations in !Democratic Party, a partner in money paid as compensation. I ounced life to be extinct at 2368
"Long live Germany, long live
co) connection with the execution !Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's never thought such injustice hours (11:58 p.m.)"
The bulletin added that the Argentina, long live Austria.
of Adolf Eichmann in Israel. !coalition government, said in and darkness could spring from
Israeli Erifbassy and consular a communique: "Even in his a young nation such as Israel. execution was witnessed by the These are the three countries
offices were also under special hour of death, this terrible offi- I hope this will put an end to superintendent of prisons, a with which I had the closest ties
government physician, an offi- and which I will not forget. I
Icial of the Hitler and Himmler war and revenge."
guard.
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Eichmann's sons, Horst, 22, cer of the Tel Aviv District Ad- greet my wife, family and
The Austrian press, in gen regime failed to show the slight- and Dieter, 20, carrying revolv- ministration, two police officers friends. I had to obey the laws
eral, expressed satisfaction •est remorse or sympathy for
4.; with the final outcome of the , the millions of innocent vie- ers in their hip pockets, also who were present in court when of war and my flag. I am
= Eichmann case, and one news- •tims of his activity during the heaped venom on Israel and the death sentence was pro- ready."
Jewry. Horst spoke of his father nounced "to identify Eichmann
Rev. Hull said later that Eich-
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Third
• , paper, the Express, voiced re-
as "fearless" and said that as the person who was con- mann remained obdurate to the
• ! gret that Eichmann had men- U. S. Press Endorses Outcome.
German schools will so depict demned to death," and a clergy- end. He was not prepared to
tioned Austria in his last mes- i NEW YORK, (JTA) — Reac- him in the future.
man of the Protestant faith, the discuss the Bible when the pas-
sage to the world in which he tion to the execution of Adolf
Rev. William Hull. Two repre- tor came to his cell a half hour
lauded three countries: Ger- Eichmann, as reflected by the Final Justice Is Done
JERUSALEM, ( JTA ) — One sentatives of the local press before the execution. Dr. Hull
many. Austria and Argentina. American press and other corn-
"Ile did Austria no favor by munications media, was on the of the most extraordinary and two representatives of the said Eichmann told him, "I
mentioning it in his last words," whole content with reporting events in all history came to foreign press were also present. have no time to waste on it. I
have peace in my heart. To die
I the facts and branding Eich- an end in Israel when Adolf How Eichmann Met Fate
the newspaper declared.
would be a relief for my soul."
Eichmann was executed for in an Israeli Prison Cell
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Most newspapers pointed out mann
as a mass murderer who
The body was immediately
crimes without a parallel in the
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The
that Eichmann died without re- had received his just desserts. bloody record of man's in-
chamber in which Adolf Eich cremated and the ashes spread
pentance or remorse for his Radio and television news humanity to man.
from
a police launch in mid-
mann was hanged had been a
crimes. Die Presse noted that broadcasts, as well as news-
The story of the search for police storeroom. The gallows sea. This had been done with
papers,
feature
the
news
prom-
"the disgrace to humanity has !
the bodies of the major war
now been wiped out," but cau- meetly, mostly branding Eich- the former chief of the bureau were the first ever built in Is- criminals hanged at Nurem-
tioned that "some people living mann as a war criminal who for Jewish Affairs in Hitler's rael. The noose hung on a berg. When the police boat re-
infamous Gestapo burst upon chain attached to a cross-beam,
now in luxury cannot realize had committed "monstrous"
turned from the mission, the
the world when Prime Minister
even now the scope of the mass crimes. Editorials in the New David Ben-Gurion announced to an improvised gallows.
Eichmann walked to the gal- crew immediately repainted it
killings" committed by thel York Times, New York Herald
to erase any part of Eichrnann's
Nazis during World War II. ! Tribune and the Journal-Amer- the Knesset on May 23, 1960, lows, each arm handcuffed to remains that might have drifted
The Kleines Volksblatt. organ j ican endorsed the final out- that Eichmann had been tracked ' that of an officer. He was pale, on to any part of it.
down, seized and brought to l wearing slacks and a shirt open
of the Peoples Party. a member • " me '
of the Austrian coalition Gov- 1 The Central Conference of Israel. The end came in a cell at the neck. The Rev. William
ernment, stated "Eichmann had ! American Rabbis revealed that in Ramleh prison near Tel Aviv L. Hull, a Canadian missionary Hebrew Corner
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not found milder judges in it appealed
to the Israel Presi- in which a makeshift gallows who had been the Nazi's spir-
other countries" outside, Israel. dent to commute Eichmann's had been quickly constructed. itual counselor since mid-April,
death sentence to life imprison- Eichmann walked quietly to his walked with him pleading for
King Saul is dead. The king's sons
A plot foiled by the West j meet. Rabbi Albert G. Minds moment of truth, insisting to Eichmann "to return to Jesus."
were killed in the war. The Phili-
German Government, for the ; of Minneapolis, president of the the end that he had been Eichmann only walked on.
stines conquered Mount Gilboa. The
kidnapping of Dr. Nahum CCAR, and Rabbi Leon I: Feuer merely a cog in the vast Nazi At the gallows, the prison war is over!
Where is this hill? What is its
Goldmann and holding him of Toledo, vice-president, made murder machinery that con- warden tied Eichmann's hands name
today? Mount Gilboa rises a few
in an Arab country as a hos- , the appeal for clemency in a sumed 6,000,000 European Jew- behind him. The man who once hundred meters above Emek (valley)
Jezriel, east of Haifa. From the top
tage to be exchanged for cable to President Ben-Zvi.
ish men, women and children. ruled huge sections of Europe of this hill it is possible to see clearly
Adolf Eichmann, was dis-
passers by in the valley below,
Near midnight Thursday, the with whip and gun was quiet the
or on the nearby hills. For this
closed by the Arbeter-Zeit- Israelis Pleased with
trapdoor was sprung by two and self-possessed. One of the reason. the Philistisies wanted to cap-
ung, organ of the dominant World Reaction of the
the hill from the Sons of Israel.
men hidden behind a screen so officers snapped out the word ture
Socialist Party. ' Execution of Eichmann
The curse of King David, that he
that no one should ever know "ready" ("muhan") in Hebrew. said when he heard about the death
The plan envisaged the kid-1 JERUSALEM,
(JTA)
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T h e their identity and Eichmann The trapdoor snapped open and of King Saul: "Mountains of Gilboa
government has,
as yet,
(let there be no) no dew, neither (let
napping of Dr. Goldmann, (fur- !no decision on what to do with was pronounced dead a few Eichmann plummeted into the there be any) rain, upon you!" is still
ing a visit he had made last i Adolf Eichmann's long diary, i minutes later. opening.
on this mountain. Until this day there
no trees on Mount Gilboa, only
'When he was told that death are
summer to Bonn. The plot had ; which he wrote during his in-
It was the first execution in
very little dew comes down upon it.
been reportedly hatched by carceration and trials in this Israel's 14-year history under was imminent, Eichmann said,
Mount Gilboa is not one hill, but
many high hills alongside of each
Alois Brunner, a former Ges- country. Eichmann's German I the only law on Israel's books "tell my wife I take it calmly. other, that were named after the sons
tapo official who had worked !counsel, Dr. Robert Servatius, providing capital punishment , I take it as proof that my be- of King Saul: Mount Jonathan, Mount
with Eichmann during the war' had requested that Eichmann's —the law for the punishment lief is correct" . . . that he was Abivadab and Mount Melchi-shua.
...Lately many trees were planted on
and supervised the deportation writings be turned over to him of perpetrators of genocide not responsible for the crimes Mount Gilboa. Also a new Israeli
settlement will be set up on one of
of Jews from Salonika and Slo- ! as Eichmann's "family prop- against the Jewish people I charged against him.
the hills of the mountain. In this
vakia. Later, at least until last erty" which, the lawyer ' indi- and other crimes against hu- 1 The Nazi was offered a hood manner the State of Israel hopes to
November, Brunner lived in Da- ' cated, would be published.
the curse of David by a bless-
!but refused it, saying, "I don't replace
manity.
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ing and soon we shall pray, "Moun-
mascus under the name of
The diary is - separate from I The last act of the drama , need it." With what looked like tains of Gilboa, dew and rain upon
George Fischer, engaging in the Eichmann's last will, which was ' came quickly. Earlier in the a smile, he said to the news- you!"
Translation of Hebrew Corner pub-
arms trade. Brunner had been turned over to Dr. Servatius. In !week—on May 29—a tribunal men, "After a short time, we lished
by Brith Ivrith Olamith, Jeru-
sentenced to death here in ab- ithe will, it was stated here, the , of Israeli Supreme Court judges
sentia for war crimes.
' Nazi had made various provi- turned down Eichmann's appeal
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Brunner was reported as hay- sions for disposition of his prop- from the verdict and sentence
in hired a Lebanese to organ- erty and for the disposal of his of death imposed by a Jerusa-
ii( the kidnapping of Dr. Gold- remains, in case of execution. lem District Court last Dec. 5.
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carrying large sums of money, cremated and the ashes divided 1 guilty after a long trial in
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and lived for a time with rela- into four parts—on& part to be which hundreds of survivors of
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SS officer at Hamburg. The other materials accumulated in Justice Minister Dov Joseph
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intelligence. According to the
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mans involved in the plotting ecution of Eichmann was favor- for clemency.
were, as a result, arrested in able. and that the hanging of
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West Germany and expelled the ex-Nazi was approved by place two years and nine days
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Eichmann's Son Denounces
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many as a whole took the ex- BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) — ernment released a bulletin
ecution of Adolf Eichmann in Klaus Eichmann, the executed which said that "Adolf Eich-
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experts here, of relief that "the committed against my father by Dec. 15, 1961. The appeal hav-
thing is over." Most Germans, the Israeli State."
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