Word: izhak
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...fate, as decreed by the court: death by hanging. Appeals to the Israeli Supreme Court and to President Izhak Ben-Zvi will postpone the almost certain execution for several months. Until then, Eichmann will be held in a special cell on the top floor of the British-built Teggart Fortress in Ramleh. Meanwhile, a British reporter had sought out Mrs. Veronika Eichmann, now living in seclusion in Germany. Affirming her husband's innocence, Mrs. Eichmann was "absolutely sure" he would return home. Then, almost as an afterthought, she added: "We never discussed his work...
...people to 23 concerts. In Tel Aviv, 500 music lovers who could not squeeze into the already-packed 3,000-seat Mann Auditorium were chased by police from a parapet outside the second floor. In Jerusalem, an opening-night crowd of 3,500 stood politely when Israeli President Izhak Ben-Zvi entered, then burst into thunderous applause for Casals. An astonishing total of 15,000 people flocked to five recitals in Tel Aviv to hear the internationally famed Budapest String Quartet pluck out all 16 Beethoven string quartets...