SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1982
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Case Against Eichmann Will Be Concluded This Week
Br ELIAV 8IMON
United Prtu International
Jerusalem, line 1-AIPD-In
two days the State of Israel
concludes its case against
Adolf Eichmann, the mini it
has accused and found guilty
of being Hitler's willing tool
in the slaughter of 6 million
Europeon Jews.
From April to August last
year, Israel presented its case,
heard Eichmann's defense -that
he was a simple soldier
following orders - and found
him guilty. In December sen
tence was passed that he be
"hanged by the neck until
dead."
In March, for six days, five
supreme court Judges heard
defense counsel Dr. Robert
Servaius argue that Israel had
no legal right to try and carry
out judgment on Eichmann.
Now, on Tuesday, the high
court is to give its decision,
it will be the final Judicial
decision in a case that began
on May 11, 1960, when three
young Jewish commandoes
kidnaped Eichmann in Buenos
Aires, where he had been
hiding under an assumed
name, and had him flown
secretly to Israel.
It is regarded as practically
certain the supreme court
Judges will uphold the ver
dict and sentence by unan
imous vote.
If he loses the appeal as
anticipated, Eichmann will
have no further recourse in
Israeli law except an appeal
for clemency to President
Itzhak Ben-Ziv. Servatius has
announced such request will
be made but no one expects
the president to intervene.
Then all that will remain,
barring some unpredictable
move by Servatius, will be
announcement of the time and
place for the hanging.
The place is expected to be
Ramie prison near Tel Aviv,
where Eichmann has been
held and the time within the
next four to eight weeks.
When he stands in his bullet-proof,
half-glass cage to
hear the appeal verdict Tues
day morning, Eichmann may
be making his last public ap
pearance. Israel already has
announced the execution will
be private, with possibly one
newsman present to confirm
for the world that the sen
tence had been carried out.
Whatever happens Tuesday
or thereafter, Eichmann is ex
pected to accept his fate
calmly. He has had no illu
sions of what awaited him
since the day in Buenos Aires
when he confessed his ident
ity to his commando captors,
agreed to return to Israel and
gave them a written satement
saying "I want at last to
achieve inner peace."
After IS years, Adolf Eich
mann was tired of running.
The same geemgig acceptance
was renectea in nis Denavior
during his trial and has been
his attitude in these last
weeks and month of waiting
for the final chapter.
There is not a sign of the
swagger that marked the uni
formed Eichmann in the days
of his authority in dealing
with what the Nazis euphem
istically termed "The Jewish
Question." At 56, Eichmann
looks older than his years.
His Jailers claim his health
is excellent. His manner is
one of indifference.
In his recent weeks of cap
tivity, Eichmann has been
visited frequently by the Rev.
and Mrs. William Hull. They
are Canadians. Hull attended
all sessions of the Eichmann
trial and the appeal as repre
sentative of the Protestant
clergy In Israel.
It was Mr. Hull's idea that
Eichmann should see a minis
ter. Servatius carried the pro
posal to his client and Just
before the appeal was heard
in March, Eichmann agreed
to Mr. Hull's visits. Mrs. Hull
speaks German and has been
the interpreter at the meet
ings, conducted by micro
phones through a soundproof
ed and bulletproofed glass
partition.
Although Mr. Hull has not
said it in such words, he ob
viously has been baffled by
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CASE NEARING END-In two days, the tool in the slaughter of 6 million European
state of Israel concludes its case against Jews. Eichmann is shown bove at his desk
Adolf Eichmann, the man it has accused in an Israeli prison cell in April, 1961.
and found guilty of being Hitler's willing (UPI)
Eichmann's impenetrability.
"If we succeed In our objec
tive of convincing the con
demned man to accept Jesus
as the Savior," the minister
told UPI recently, "It should
bring about a ' complete
change in his life, or what
there is left of it.
"He knows there is not
much hope tor him."
The prisoner's only other
visitor at Ramie prison has
been his wife, Vera, whom
he had not seen since he was
abducted In Buenos Aires.
This meeting on April 29, cov
ering conversations of 90 min
utes and IS minutes, also had
its strange aspects according
to accoums given UPI by
prison informants.
Eichmann was calm
throughout. If he felt any
emotion, he showed none.
Mrs. Eichmann was outward
ly calm until it was time to
leave, when she broke into
tears and, UPI was told,
"Eichmann calmed her."
It was at this meeting that
Eichmann was reported to
have told his wife he had
come to the decision "that
anti-semltism is wrong, and
one must diverge from it."
And that "anti-semitism
was the fatal mistake and the
great error of the third Reich
. . . A great catastrophe hap
pened to the Jewish people
and I greatly doubt if this
can ever be remedied."
In the months between the
end of his trial and the ap
peal, Eichmann spent most of
his time in his cell writing his
memoirs. Jailers have said he
covered hundreds of pages in
longhand. But in the last
weeks he has done little ex
cept read, mostly novels, ac
cording to Mr. Hull.
The minister gave him a
German Bible. Eichmann had
previously refused a Bible
offered by the prison author
ities. When he accepted Mr.
Hull's Bible, according to the
minister, he simply put it
aside on the tabic with other
books, without comment. But
Mr. Hull believes Eichmann
has been reading it. "I mark
ed some passages for him,"
the minister said, "concerned
with the Christian's ap
proach to salvation."
The minister agrees with
prison authorities that Eich
mann is healthy. "He is pale
but looks hearty," Mr. Hull
told UPI. 'There is no indica
tion he has been ill." During
his trial Eichmann suffered
some seizures that were de
scribed as mild heart attacks
but prison doctors have said
right along they have found
nothing wrong with his heart.
What Eichmann is thinking
as the final hours tick away
toward Israel's final Judg
ment of him, no one knows.
Perhaps he is still looking
for the "inner peace" that
eluded him so long.
Park, Shop Lot Site Purchased; To House 50Cars
A purchase which will clear
the way for expansion of a
Park and Shop lot, making It
capable of accomodating an
other 50 vehicles, was an
nounced Friday by Fred Rob
inson, downtown Medford
merchant.
The key purchase, which cul
minated years of planning, in
volved the building housing
Otto's Tavern, 39 South Front
st. Details of the sale were
completed earlier last week,
Robinson said.
The total lot when complet
ed will extend 100 feet along
Eighth st. and 22S feet along
Front st.
A building on' the corner
of Eighth and Front sts., own
ed by a local corporation is
expected to be renovated and
remodeled.
Plans call for razing the
building in which the Fourth
Wheel club is located. 31 South
Front st sometime this sum
mer, Robinson said, probably
within 30 to 45 days.
The Otto's Tavern building
will be torn down approxi-
Gold Hill Cars Are
Involved in Accident
Gold Hill Cars operated
by Miss Marion C. Payne,
route 1, box 42, Gold Hill,
and Horace C. Beck, 54, of
route 1, box 502, Gold Hill,
were involved in an accident
on Second ave. here last
week.
Mrs. Sidney Payne, route 1,
box 42, Gold Hill, a passenger
in Miss Payne's car, was
taken to Rogue Valley hospi
tal for treatment of injuries,
according to Police Chief Earl
Cox. Cox said Miss Payne
was cited for following too
close.
Memorial Day Plans For Phoenix Noted
mately one year from this
coming November.
Another addition to the ex
panded parking facilities was
Injuries Reported
In Highway Mishap
Two persons were injured
Thursday when tire blew
out on the car in which they
were riding, according to po
lice. Treated for injuries at the
Rogue Valley hospital were
Dianne Mare Delorme, 19, of
1012 Niantic St., Medford,
driver, and Grant D. Maurer,
585 Roca St., Ashland, a pas
senger. The blow-out caused the
Delorme car to go out of con
trol, cross highway 99 and go
into a ditch south of Medford.
They were taken to Rogue
Valley by Medford Ambu
lance Service.
A pickup truck driven by
Berwyn Alynne Ellison, 48,
of 1284 Kings highway, Med
ford, and a car driven by Eth
mer Howard Boen, 42, of Gold
Hill, collided at the intersec
tion of Crater Lake highway
and Vilas rd. Thursday, state
police said.
made within the last 30 days
when the building on an ad
Joining 54 by 50-foot lot fac
ing on Eighth st. was torn
down. This lot contains space
for about 10 cars.
"We feel this is one of the
biggest things that has hap
pened to downtown Medford
In years," Robinson said, "for
with the removal of these two
buildings, the old Front street
problem will finally have been
cleaned up."
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Phoenix cemetery at 9:30 a.m.,
May 30, according to Clarence
D. Mathes, Memorial Day
services chairman for the Ash
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Music will be provided by
Phoenix school district high
and junior high school bands
led by Harry Kannasto. The
Rev. Everett Cade will give
the Invocation. Hugh Simp
son, of Southern Oregon col
lege, will be the speaker.
Placing of the wearths in
honor of the veterans will be
done by Miss Penny Sim
monds, for Civil War, Miss
Cynthia Owens for World War
I, Miss Marlene Bean for
World War II, Miss Marcy
Willoughby for the Korean
conflict, and Wanda Craig for
the unknown soldier.
Taps will be sounded by
Phoenix band members.
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