THE HOLOCAUST IS OVER WE MUST RISE FROM ITS ASHES

trial . . . he would use expressions that are dishonorable?Pinhas Rosen, then justice minister, also German-born, seems a bit restless. But myfather, Yossel Burg from the Dresden yeshiva elementary school, continuesapologetically in his manner of the exile, because he is an Ostjude, not a Yekke likePinhas Rosen, aka Felix Rosenblitt.Yosef Burg : I am asking because of the general impression in the world.A few more days passed and the cabinet again discussed the matter, and my fatherthinks historically, in an orderly and clean fashion, as befits a graduate of a classicalSaxon Gymnasium and of someone with a master’s and doctorate of philosophyfrom Berlin University.Yosef Burg : A. If we want the press to report on the issue daily, then we shouldsave some material for the trial. If we want great drama in court, then I don’tknow if, after heavy reporting in the newspapers for months before the trial,anything interesting will remain to attract attention. B. Will our consulatesabroad be guided on how to present the issue from our point of view? C.Finally, I am absolutely of the opinion that the documentary evidence should bebrought first to the knowledge of the Jewish public and then to the world. Thereare documents that were used at the Nuremberg trials. Is it possible to bring inphotographs of the evidence in Nuremberg? . . . I will say one thing: It is knownthat there are minutes of the SS meeting regarding the Final Solution to theJewish problem. According to the minutes, Eichmann was there; it is written inthe minutes that all the Jews must be destroyed. Is it possible to make a copy ofthis document?The State of Israel was acting vengefully and as the world’s educator. Now thatthe educational role was over, it was time for Jewish accounting.Yitzhak Ben Aharon : If Eichmann tries to defend himself, he has some line ofdefense. Until 1939, and also during the war, for many deals that [the Jews]wanted to make—he was the address, including [the lives] that we saved.Here it begins. Ben Aharon throws a bomb: Jews made deals with Eichmann, andthis will be his line of defense.Weeks before the trial, the Eichmann question repeatedly engaged the Israelicabinet from several aspects. My father was almost always involved. He opined,