Eichmann Trial -- Session 114 -- Servatius's closing statement and end of trial

Eichmann Trial -- Session 114 -- Servatius's closing statement and end of trial 

Eichmann Trial -- Session 114 -- Servatius's closing statement and end of trial 

Session 114. Dr. Servatius talks about the Israeli law concerning Nazis and their collaborators. 00:03:01 Retroactivity of law is discussed. He accuses the London Statute of being created, tailor-made, to condemn the defeated Nazis, and as such, should not apply. 00:06:44 Tape jumps. The President of Court is handed a paper, he looks at it, then thanks Dr. Servatius. Attorney General Hausner is granted time to make a statement considering the written material. He asks for a few days to form his argument. Last minute documents concerning the summing ups of both sides are handed in to the court. They deliberate for a few minutes. Hausner is then given time. 00:14:32 The trial is postponed until a decision is made, which will not be until November. Court adjourns. Scenes of people chatting as they leave the courtroom. ***Sessions 115 to 121 were not recorded. The subjects covered include the reading of the judgment of the District Court; the submission of a request by Judge Landau claiming compensation for Mordechai Leitner for damages caused by Eichmann; the argument by Hausner on the sentence; the argument by Servatius on the sentence; the statement by Eichmann on the sentence; and the sentence.*** On May 31, 1962 the President of the State of Israel rejected an application by Adolf Eichmann for clemency. On June 1, 1962 the sentence of death was carried out.