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problem -- getting rid of them. Hitler had turned over the entire country of Hungary to him that he
might rid it of the Jews. After he had done so and was captured in Argentina by the Israelis, he
said, "I am happy that I have rid the world of two million Jews. I will go laughingly into my grave.
I do not hate the Jews," he professed. "I am just opposed to them politically."
What would he have done to them had he hated them?
I heard that I could obtain admission to the trial from one of the travel agencies. I ran from
one to the other, ending up at the Russian embassy, where I stood in line in the rain and was finally
given a ticket. I hurried back to the Hall of Judgment. First I was searched by some police matrons
to be sure I had no gun, camera, or anything of that type on me. Then I asked for a language
transistor. With one of these, the moment I put the earphones to my ears and turned to a certain
number, I would be able to hear immediately in any language I should choose, the words of the
judges, the lawyers, and Adolph Eichmann, as soon as the syllables fell from their lips. Although I
could have understood it all very well in German, the language which Eichmann's lawyer and
Eichmann himself spoke, I chose English.
As I entered the hall, I noticed that every five feet there was a soldier or policeman. As the
first floor was filled, I was ushered up to the balcony. I was rather pleased about this, because
from that vantage point I could get an excellent view of everything that went on, on the raised dais
where the trial was taking place. In the balcony were TV cameras from every network in the
world, radio commentators from all over the world, representatives from "Life," "Look" and
"Time" magazines.
We were told not to whisper and not to laugh aloud. In no way at all were we to make any
oral sounds or any movement of hand. My purse was to be placed at my feet, and at no time during
the session was I to reach for it. Any movement I might make would bring a soldier or policeman
immediately to my side, no doubt suspicious that I was reaching for something with which to harm
someone.
We waited breathlessly. Presently, the door on the left opened and in came Adolph
Eichmann, tall, gaunt, arrogant, surrounded by three guards. I could see that this man wanted to
give the appearance of being ever so calm before this body of people, most of whom had lost
loved ones at his hand. He was placed, with the guards, behind a glass, bullet-proof cage and
seated before a desk on which were papers and pen. First the judges filed in, then the lawyers.
Israel had appealed to Eichmann's family to hire a lawyer from Germany of Eichmann's
own choice and have him sent to Israel to defend him. The family refused. They did not want to be
bothered with it. They did not want to go to that expense, so Israel paid for a lawyer of Eichmann's
own choosing, Dr. Survatius. This is Israel. This is the heart of my people. All the lawyers spoke
in Hebrew, except Dr. Survatius, who spoke only in German. Eichmann also spoke only in
German.
When Eichmann walked in, my first reaction was one of horror and repulsion. The word
beast came to my mind to describe this man. Quickly the Holy Spirit rebuked me and reminded me
that he was a living soul and that the Lord loved him. It was for those like him that His Son had