SESSION XI
ABOUT THIS SESSION
SESSION 11 of the trial of Adolf Eichmann took place in the morning of Friday, April 21, 1961. In this session, Police Captain Avner Less, who interrogated Eichmann in prison, continues his testimony that began in SESSION 9. At the request of Attorney General Gideon Hausner, as in the previous session, he reads excerpts from the transcript of the interrogation. Additionally, tapes of the interrogation are played.
About an hour of footage from SESSION 11 has survived.
NOTABLE MOMENTS
00:00 - Court not in session
00:55 - Eichmann enters
03:44 - Judges enter
04:25 - Eichmann’s taped testimony about the use of gas at Auschwitz is played aloud
04:55 - Investigative officer Michael Goldman-Gilad’s tattooed number can be seen
24:33 - In taped testimony, Eichmann admits he is ‘legally guilty’
51:31 - Sketch artist draws a portrait of Eichmann
TRANSCRIPT
Material highlighted green survives in video form.
Material highlighted pink has been lost.