Word: servatius
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fussy and long-winded, Eichmann had irritated his defense lawyer, Robert Servatius and three judges of the Israeli court. Loquaciously he had told (though nobody asked him) how his functions had grown to include confiscation of Jewish property and deciding which Jews were hostile to Germany. Affidavits from six former Nazi associates hurt him the most. They pictured Eichmann not as a humble cog but as a fanatic anti-Semite who made decisions. One called Eichmann "death's great expediter...
...fired his words out in an endless, tumbling torrent. Asked to give the date he returned to Prague from Berlin, Eichmann responded with a 250-word answer. After a spectacular, 225-word sentence whose meaning, perhaps intentionally, escaped everyone in the court, both Judge Landau and Defense Attorney Robert Servatius warned Eichmann to speak to the point. "I know the German verb comes at the end of the sentence," said Landau, "but we are having to wait too long for the verb...
...Counsel. Eichmann was so eager that he often gave Servatius directions, prodding his counsel to ask him questions. On one occasion Eichmann was so wrapped up in his notes and papers that Judge Landau coldly had to remind him to stand when addressed by the court. Eichmann's face flushed with momentary anger as he looked up; then, realizing where he was, he jumped up apologizing...
...Syrian frontier, taken to Cairo and intensively questioned. When he finished his story, a tall, slim man-identified to him later as Lord Moyne. British Resident Minister in the Middle East-exclaimed: "What should I do with 1,000,000 Jews?"* Eichmann's German attorney. Dr. Robert Servatius, was quick to ask whether the British did not seem to regard the acceptance of 1,000,000 Jews a heavy burden? "Burden is not the right word!'' cried Brand. "They just would not have them...
Scribbled Notes. Eichmann sat grey-faced and haggard through the details. Occasionally, he seemed to have difficulty breathing. His attorney, Dr. Robert Servatius, reported that Eichmann has suffered two mild heart attacks during the trial, but the government-appointed doctor says he has only an arrhythmia (an irregular pulse) caused by nervous tension. When he was accused of having beaten to death the Jewish boy, Eichmann furiously scribbled notes to his lawyer; his mouth twitched, and he ran his tongue over his teeth. At times, his facial tics seemed uncontrollable. He has obviously lost weight, and his pale blue eyes...