Events & Activities

  • The Eichman Trial

    Education
    October 31, 2011, 7:30 pm


    Gelber Conference Centre 5151, Côte Ste-Catherine Road Cote-Ste-Catherine Metro Station

    During the Holocaust Education Series, the Paul Trepman Lecture gives you the opportunity to hear Award-winning historian Deborah E. Lipstadt giving you an overview of the Eichmann's trial and Olga Sher, Holocaust Survivor, tells us what this event meant for her.


    • Monday, October 31 at 7:30 pm
    • at Gelber Conference Centre
    • moderated by Anne Lagacé Dowson
    • Admission $12 and Students $8
    • Information: 514-345-2627 #3017

    The Eichmann Trial



    The trial of SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem by an Israeli court electrified the world. The public debate it sparked on where, how, and by whom Nazi war criminals should be brought to justice, and the international media coverage of the trial itself, was a watershed moment in how the civilized world found the means to deal with the legacy of genocide on a scale that had never been seen before.

    Award-winning historian Deborah E. Lipstadt gives us an overview of the trial, which has become a touchstone for judicial proceedings throughout the world, offering a legal, moral, and political framework for coming to terms with unfathomable evil. Lipstadt infuses a gripping narrative with historical perspective and contemporary urgency.

    With the Eichmann's Trial, Holocaust survivors and the world found the means to deal with the legacy of genocide. Hear comments from:
    • Deborah E. Lipstadt
    • Olga Sher, a Montreal Holocaust survivor

    Sponsored by the Paul Trepman Memorial Lecture Fund of the Jewish Public Library and of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.

    In partnership with the Jewish Public Library.


    This event is part of the 2011 Holocaust Education Series organized by the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.