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Trial

Israel · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1960–1961Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1960

David Ben Gurion23 May 1960

Jerusalem · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurian announces Eichmann will stand trail

1961

Itzak Ben Zvi11 January 1961

Jerusalem · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Israel begins the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem

Itzak Ben Zvi9 December 1961

Jerusalem · Warfare / World War, 2nd

SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes in Israel

Itzak Ben Zvi15 December 1961

Jerusalem · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Adolf Eichmann, the former German Gestapo official accused of a major role in the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews, is sentenced by a Jerusalem court to be hanged

Names involved

David Ben GurionItzak Ben Zvi

Provenance

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