Professor Robert M.W. Kempner, noted German-born, American political scientist and international lawyer, who in 1945-46 was American-deputy chief counsel for the Nuremberg War Crimes trials arrived here today at the invitation of Attorney General Gideon Hausner to act as an advisor in the forthcoming trial of Nazi Gestapo Col. Adolf Eichmann.
Dr. Kempner, a Jew, will advise Mr. Hausner in regard to documents and exhibits to be entered before the special Eichmann trial court when the ex-Nazi goes on trial, next March, for crimes against the Jewish people and crimes against humanity in the killing of 6, 000, 000 European Jews under the Nazi regime.
Among other posts he held. Dr. Kempner was on the staff of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson in the conduct of the Nuremberg War Crimes trial. He was also chief prosecutor in the Allied case against Nazi diplomats from 1947 to 1949.
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