Word: servatius
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long enjoyed the favor of Israel's government, and after Eichmann's conviction Hull offered his services as a spiritual counselor. Eichmann, who had been brought up in Austria's Evangelical Church, refused at first, agreed to one meeting on the advice of Lawyer Robert Servatius, and now seems to welcome Hull's visits...
...Israelis also pondered the closing words of Eichmann's lawyer, Dr. Robert Servatius, who warned that such barbarism as the Nazis' slaughter of the Jews had happened often in the past, "and it will happen again." Replied one of the judges: "I trust you are being overpessimistic...
Eichmann listened to the summation with twitching eyes and hands in his lap, the fingertips lightly touching each other. The rocklike immobility of his body gave spectators the impression that rigor mortis had already set in. This week Eichmann's West German attorney. Dr. Robert Servatius, will base his final plea for the defense on the question of the court's jurisdiction and impartiality...
After hearing Servatius. the three Israeli judges will adjourn the court to consider their verdict-which can hardly be anything but guilty. Prosecutor Hausner has made it clear that he will then ask for the death penalty. Eichmann can appeal his case to the Israeli Supreme Court and, failing there, can ask clemency of Israel's President Isaac...
...himself. He had some success in showing that he followed rather than originated orders. He disproved charges that his Bureau IV B 4 administered the death camps and showed that his job, organizing transportation to the death camps, was always carried out on orders from very senior Nazis. Said Servatius: "Eichmann and I are confident, and we feel some hope...