Facing the Glass Booth
Features the original booth in which Adolf Eichmann sat during his trial
The exhibition "Facing the Glass Booth" features the original booth in which Adolf Eichmann sat during his trial.
Words and sentences from the texts echo in the room and sink into the consciousness of the visitors, who are invited to read the full texts.
The texts include quotations of Eichmann from the “Sassen Documents” – an extensive interview he gave to the Dutch Nazi journalist Willem Sassen in the late 1950s.
This interview was published in instalments in 1960 in Life magazine after Eichmann's capture in Argentina by the Mossad.
These excerpts are published in Hebrew for the first time.
Words and sentences from the texts echo in the exhibition space and sink into the consciousness of the visitors, who are invited to read the full texts.
The glass booth in which Adolf Eichmann sat during his trial in Jerusalem is an historical artifact and part of the setting of the courtroom procedure.
The booth manifests the story of Eichmann’s capture, his trial and execution for crimes against humanity as a whole and the Jewish people in particular.
Quotations from the prosecutor, Attorney General Gideon Hausner, six video courtroom testimonies of survivors, and an audio-visual installation in which texts from four intellectuals who reported from the trial are read.