When Adolph Eichmann stood trial in Jerusalem in 1961, Israel and
the rest of the world experienced a reaction unlike any other
produced by proceedings against a Nazi war criminal. Although some
details about the Holocaust were generally known by the early
sixties, the painful topic had slipped from public discussion as
countries touched by World War II moved on to other pressing
matters. Among Israeli Jews fighting for a new homeland, the
near-extermination of European Jewry was misunderstood as an
embarrassment -- an instance of Jewish impotence in the face of
victimization by the Nazis. However, as the head of Hitler's Race
and Resettlement Office stood trial on Israeli soil under the eye
of the international media and Israeli survivors told their
powerful stories to the world, the Holocaust became a defining
experience for Zionism and human history.
Facing the Glass Cage, being published in English for the first
time, is a detailed account of Eichmann's trial by the poet and
journalist Haim Gouri, who was assigned to cover the event by the
Israeli daily newspaper Lamerhav. The trial changed attitudes
toward the Holocaust, and Gouri's reporting was the literary
catalyst of this change. Packed with tension, Gouri's riveting
descriptions of the testimony reveal a marked shift in attitudes
toward Holocaust survivors in Israeli society. He admits to his
initial skepticism toward these witnesses, and yet he learns much
from them. Gouri's account is both a fascinating historical
document and a chronicle of an extraordinary poet's encounter with
one of the most terrible events of our times.
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