Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 6, 7 and 8 -- Hausner's opening statement

Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 6, 7 and 8 -- Hausner's opening statement 

Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 6, 7 and 8 -- Hausner's opening statement 

Sessions 6, 7 and 8. Begins before the court is in session. The camera focuses on Defense Attorney Dr. Robert Servatius as he speaks with his co-counsel, Mr. Dieter Wechtenbruch. The courtroom begins to fill with spectators, and Attorney General Gideon Hausner interacts with a few people from the audience. Adolf Eichmann is brought into the courtroom; moments later the Judges enter and the session begins. Hausner continues his opening statement from Section 3:"III - The Accused" which discusses Eichmann's life before and after he joined the Nazi Party. The Prosecution follows with Section 4:"IV - The Final Solution of the Jewish Question" an in-depth description of the Final Solution, and Eichmann's role in the Jewish extermination. Hausner asserts:"And for the execution of that promise to destroy European Jewry he [Adolf Hitler] used another Adolf-Adolf Eichman, who is on trial before you today"