Deborah E. Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. She is the author of History on Trial- My Day in Court with David Irving (a National Jewish Book Award winner); Denying the Holocaust- The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory; and Beyond Belief- The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust, 1933-1945. She lives in Atlanta.
“The Eichmann Trial makes an excellent primer on a landmark event.
With impressive authority and commendable concision, Lipstadt
frames and explores to its known ends the vast universe of moral
quandaries thrown open by the Eichmann trial. In so doing, she
makes a welcome contribution to our record of the twentieth
century’s most horrifying and depressing episode.”
—The Washington Post
“The Eichmann Trial is both riveting and nuanced, and should be
required reading for anyone who does not wish to wade through eight
volumes of trial transcripts.”
—The Jerusalem Post Magazine
“Scrupulously researched . . . a comprehensive and serious but
highly readable report of the trial [that is] nothing less than a
page-turner. Beginning with Eichmann’s cloak-and-dagger capture in
Argentina, through the events leading up to the trial, to the
details of the trial (surprisingly fascinating, even fifty years
later), Lipstadt knows how to move a story along. [She is] expert
at parsing moments in history that are not easy to understand. . .
. A tour-de-force.”
—The Jewish Week
“Lipstadt has done a great service by untethering the [Eichmann]
trial from Hannah Arendt’s polarizing presence, recovering the
event as a gripping legal drama, as well as a hinge moment in
Israel’s history and in the world’s delayed awakening to the
magnitude of the Holocaust. . . . Her conclusions about Eichmann in
Jerusalem are rendered calmly and with devastating fairness.”
—Franklin Foer, The New York Times Book Review
“A thoughtfully researched and clearly written account of the
courtroom proceedings and of the debates spurred by the trial.”
—David Pryce-Jones, The Wall Street Journal
“Contains interesting and informative insights on this historic
trial . . . [it is] a valuable contribution to an ever-increasing
library of Eichmann books.”
—Washington Independent Review of Books
“An authoritative analysis of the historical and legal issues
involved in a trial of international significance. Highly
recommended.”
—Library Journal
“Having covered the Eichmann trial myself, I can warmly recommend
Deborah Lipstadt’s important analysis of its fascinating
perspectives.”
—Elie Wiesel
“A penetrating and authoritative dissection of a landmark case and
its after effects.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Just in time for its fiftieth anniversary, renowned historian
Deborah Lipstadt has reworked the Eichmann trial. This book is a
powerfully written testimony to our ongoing fascination with the
proceedings, the resonance of survivor tales, and how both changed
our understanding of justice after atrocity.”
—David Gergen, professor, Harvard Kennedy School
“An excellent work of historical and political analysis by an
accomplished writer. Compellingly written, it grips the reader from
its opening pages. With this book, Deborah Lipstadt consolidates
her standing as one of the major figures in the Jewish world
today.”
—Anthony Julius, author of Trials of the Diaspora: A History of
Anti-Semitism in England
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