Israel Government to Announce Date of Eichmann Trial Next Sunday

The Israel Government will announce next Sunday that Adolf Eichmann will go on trial in Jerusalem no later than March, 1961, the Jerusalem correspondent of the London Daily Mail reported today following an exclusive interview with Dr. Pinhas Rosen, the Israel Minister of Justice. The correspondent asserted that Dr. Rosen’s description of how the trial is to be organized presents a “fantastic scene for future historians.”

The five-column newspaper article on the Eichmann case included the fact that the trial would be held in Jerusalem’s new Hall of Culture or Bet Haam and that workmen were on the Job day and night rushing completion of the edifice in time for the trials. Dr. Rosen was quoted as declaring a first-aid station would be built alongside the court- room to provide treatment for those affected by the gruesome exhibits and the appalling nature of some of the testimony to be presented during the proceedings.

The Minister of Justice declared that Eichmann’s family was paying the cost of his defense. He described as “all rubbish” reports that Eichmann was awakened every four hours each night and that his cell was kept constantly brilliantly illuminated. “I don’t know whether Eichmann is surprised at the fair treatment he is receiving,” Dr. Rosen said, “but he does not complain.”

The Justice Minister emphasized to the British correspondent that Israel was conscious of the fact that the eyes of the world were upon her and was anxious to act with scrupulous fairness and justice. “You may reassure everyone that there is no question of brainwashing or unfair treatment. Eichmann is too clever to become a victim of brainwashing. Nor could such measures be possible here. It is an insult to Israel to make any such suggestion,” the Minister said.