National Content: Italy

“The State of Israel has the right to try the execution warder Eichmann”

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SourceFifth page of the ”Avanti!” April 13th 1961
Event referred toApril 10th 1961- May 31st 1962: Eichmann’s trial
Technological characteristicsType of file: Text
Extension: .pdf
Dimension of the file:635kb
Description of the sourceKind of source: editorial
Origin of the source: Communal Library of Foligno
Language: Italian
Copyright issues: granted by the owner
Contextualisation of the sourceL’Avanti!” is the news paper of the Italian Socialist Party . The article summarizes the defence of Eichmann’s lawyer, Robert Servatius, and reports the reply of the magistrate Hausner, who justifies the legitimacy of the process wished by the State of Israel. Substantially “L’Avanti!” supports the legitimacy of the process.
Interpretation of the sourceThe article reports the try of Robert Servatius, the Eichmann’s lawyer, to discredit the legitimacy of the process wished by the State of Israel. In fact at first, he declares the incapacity of the Israeli court of judge the “Nazi crimes”, and then he asks for the postponement of the trial in front of an international court. Hausner affirms and shows the right of Israel to try Eichmann and the impossibility of a postponement because of the cold war.
Original ContentsHasner ha ricordato che i “ reati del Nazismo” vengono definiti nella loro natura di crimini dalla “Carta di Norimberga”: . Pertanto Hausner ha fatto osservare alla corte che la legislazione Israeliana si basa sui “ principi della Carta di Norimberga”, per ciò che concerne il giudizio di crimini di guerra: se ne deduce che in questo documento esiste un precedente rispetto alla costituzione dello Stato d’Israele.
Original Contents (English Translation)Hasner has remind that “offences of Nazism” are defined in their nature of crimes by Nuremberg’s Charter: < the inter-allied agreement of Nuremberg – said the chief prosecutor – about the definition of war crimes was ruled by “essential” principles of law, concerning man’s behaviour, the relationship among men, according to a plot of judgements which makes conceivable human society>. Therefore Hausner point out to the court of Israeli legislation based on the “ principles of Nuremberg’s Charter”, concerning the judgement of war crimes. We gather in this document exists a record as regards the Constitution of the State of Israel.