And The Crooked Shall Be Made Straight; The Eichmann Trial, the Jewish Catastrophe, and Hannah Arendt's Narrative
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1965. First Printing [Stated] Thus. Hardcover. ix, [1], 406 pages. Notes on Chapters 1 to 5. Bibliography. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve and has slight wear and soiling. Jacob Robinson was a jurist, diplomat, and historian. Robinson graduated from the law school of the University of Warsaw (1914). In 1922 he was admitted to the bar and was elected to the Lithuanian parliament, holding office as chairman of the Jewish faction. With the foundation of the Congress of Nationalities, he became (1925–31) one of the spokesmen for the Jewish cause at international gatherings. With the emergence of the Nazi threat to European Jewry, he organized a secret committee for the protection of Jewish rights and used his connections for admission of German Jews to Lithuania. In 1941, he established in New York, the Institute of Jewish Affairs. He headed the Institute for seven years, and was a special consultant for Jewish affairs to the U.S. chief of counsel, Robert H. Jackson, in the trial of the major war criminals in Nuremberg, and as consultant to the UN in the establishment of the Human Rights Commission. In 1952, he was in charge of drafting Israel's Reparations Agreement with West Germany. From 1957, he was adviser to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. For the Eichmann trial, he was special consultant to the attorney general on problems of the history of the Holocaust and of international law. Robinson was the author of numerous books and articles. These include: The Metamorphosis of the United Nations and And the Crooked Shall be Made Straight (1965), which was a reply to Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem. This book is an attack on, and a definitive, devastating criticism of, Dr. Arendt's trial report. Dr. Robinson turns the pages of Dr. Arendt's book with you, and he proves without a doubt that the Eichmann she there presented was in fact cunning and powerful, ready even to go beyond what Hitler himself had ordered. Dr. Robinson was among the world's foremost specialists on international law and contemporary Jewish history. He gives here a detailed account of what really happened. Fluent in Hebrew, Yiddish, and many European languages, he has availed himself of innumerable document of which Dr. Arendt never made use. With the thoroughness of a man completely familiar with his subject, he shows Eichmann in Jerusalem to be riddled with error and misinformation. the behavior of the Jewish people, leaders and common folk, is presented here with dispassionate realism The Jews of Europe, who attempted to resist the Nazis in a wide variety of ways, spiritual and physical, are restored to their proper place in the history of their time. Condition: Good / Good.
Keywords: Hannah Arendt, Adolf Eichmann, War Crimes, International Law, Trials, Holocaust, Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, Jewish Councils, Resistance, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Final Solution, Deportation, Einsatzgruppen, Philip Friedman, Judenrat
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