The Eichmann Trial

The transcript of the Eichmann trial hosted on this website was originally published in 1992 in coordination with Dr. Daniel Fraenkel of the Israel State Archives. The original transcript was translated into English by Sam Levin, Ruth Morris, Hava Hareli and Mordechai Shalev. The major part of the transcript was typed by Esther Herskovics, who also read the proofs. A final comprehensive revision of the manuscript was done by Shlomo Ketko, who was also responsible for the production of the volumes in the press.

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​The publication of the proceedings of the Eichmann Trial was undertaken by the Board of Directors of a Civil Trust constituted under Israeli law. The Directors of the Trust were Justice Moshe Landau, who acted as Chairman, the late Mr. Gideon Hausner, in his capacity as Chairman of the International Committee of Yad Vashem, Justice Gabriel Bach, and State Archivist Paul A. Alsberg, who also acted as Honorary Secretary. Dr. Josef Burg, the present Chairman of the International Committee of Yad Vashem, joined the Board of Directors after the death of Mr. Hausner.

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During the course of the trial the proceedings were recorded in Hebrew in shorthand and also mechanically. Evidence given in other languages was translated simultaneously. At the end of each day a transcript of the proceedings was published in Hebrew, English, French and Yiddish. For this publication, the translation of the record of proceedings has been fully revised and whenever necessary has been compared with the transcript in the original language in which the evidence was given and also with the tape recording. The translation of the judgments of the District Court and the Supreme Court is based on the official version which was published together with the original text of the judgments.

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These transcripts were hosted for many years at Nizkor.org, a Holocaust education website run by B'nai Brith Canada. As that website is no longer maintained and its copy of the transcripts have gone offline, they will be hosted here.

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Minor changes have been made to the transcript in conjunction with its use in the production of the documentary film 'The Eichmann Trial', including the Americanization of some language (for instance, words like 'colour' and 'labour' have been replaced with 'color' and 'labor') and corrections to small errors discovered in the 1992 transcript.