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(Links below lead to descriptions and photos)Under Israeli law, three Judges would preside over the Eichmann case. Presiding Judge Moshe Landau - 49 at trial of Eichmann - Supreme Court Justice appointed President of Jerusalem District Court; had served in magistry and 5 years on the District bench - Emigrated to Palestine in 1933
Judge Benjamin Halevi - 51 at trial of Eichmann - "a dark, handsome man, with tints of gray in a thick cluster of hair that often fell forward in a boyish cowlick. He seemed amiable and mile-mannered, hiding a sharp mind behind an utterly bland expression." (Pearlman, p.96) - Regular President of the Jerusalem District Court, next in seniority to Landau - Tried 1952 Kastner verdict in Israel (re: war crimes in Hungary) - Emigrated to Palestine in 1933 - Received Doctorate of Law -magna cum laude- from University of Berlin - Questioned Eichmann in German Judge Yitzhak Raveh - 55 at trial of Eichmann - President of the Tel Aviv District Court - Emigrated to Palestine in 1933 - Received Doctorate of Law from both the Berlin and Halle Universities in Germany - Served as Magistrate in Berlin before emigrating - Questioned Eichmann in German The Prosecution
- Gideon Hausner
- 46 at trial of Eichmann - Head of Eichmann prosecution - Attorney General representing the State of Israel - Gavriel Bach
- 34 at trial of Eichmann - Assistant prosecutor at trial - Deputy State Attorney - Had been Ministry of Justice advisor to Police Bureau 06, so was most familiar with trial documents - Ya'akov Baror
- 45 at trial of Eichmann - Assistant prosecutor at trial - Deputy State Attorney - Zvi Terlo
- Deputy State Attorney - Jacob Robinson
- 72 at trial of Eichmann - Advisor to prosecution
The Defense
- Dr. Robert Servatius
- 65 at trial of Eichmann - Attorney for the Defense - Former lawyer in Cologne - Defense lawyer for Fritz Sauckel, Reich Plenipotentiary for labor, at Nuremberg - Dieter Wechtenbruch
- 29 at trial of Eichmann - Adolf Eichmann
- the Defendant, accused of Crimes Against the Jewish People and Crimes Against Humanity
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