RESOURCES
The books, films and websites below are recommended for those seeking to learn more about the Eichmann Trial.
BOOKS
The Eichmann Trial by Deborah Lipstadt
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt​
FILMS
Gripping and well-acted, this 2016 German drama focuses on the eponymous prosecutor who was instrumental in Eichmann's 1960 capture.
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This clever animated short film tells the story of Eichmann's capture from the perspective of Mossad agent Zvi Aharoni.
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The best of the half-dozen feature dramatizations of the hunt for Eichmann while he was in hiding in Argentina features a tremendous performance from Robert Duvall as Eichmann himself.
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This dramatization of the infamous
Wannsee Conference, in which the Nazi leadership formally decided to shift the focus of the Final Solution from expulsion to extermination, stars Stanley Tucci as Eichmann.
This 2016 documentary​ focuses on Eichmann's time in hiding in Argentina.
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Like​ The Eichmann Trial, this experimental art film is created entirely from archival footage. Director Eyal Sivan takes liberties in editing the trial material but nonetheless expresses a strong point-of-view on Eichmann's behavior during the trial.
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This German biopic of the German-Jewish philosopher focuses on her time in Jerusalem chronicling the Eichmann trial for ​The New Yorker.
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Rushed into production in 1960 and released just before the beginning of the trial itself, this ripped-from-the-headlines drama is dramatically overwrought and rife with historical inaccuracies.
However, it provides a fascinating window into the general public's limited understanding of Eichmann's role in the Holocaust and their expectations for his behavior on the stand in the months leading up to the trial. An excerpt from the Operation Eichmann trailer can be seen in The Eichmann Trial.
WEBSITES
A complete English-language transcript of the trial proceedings.
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The Eichmann Trial at Yad Vashem
An informational website accompanying an Eichmann Trial exhibit from Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
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Yad Vashem has uploaded their digitized copies of the Eichmann Trial tapes to YouTube. The videos on this channel are organized by tape but do not reflect the chronology of the trial itself. The audio includes the simultaneous English translation done live in court by dedicated interpreters. Yad Vashem has also uploaded a copy of the tapes without the English translation here.​