Facing the Glass Booth

As the head of Hitler's Race and Resettlement Office stood trial on Israeli soil under the eye of the international media and Israeli survivors told their powerful stories to the world, the Holocaust became a defining experience for Zionism and human history.

'Facing the Glass Cage,' being published in English for the first time, is a detailed account of Eichmann's trial by the poet and journalist Haim Gouri, who was assigned to cover the event by the Israeli daily newspaper 'Lamerhav.' The trial changed attitudes toward the Holocaust, and Gouri's reporting was the literary catalyst of this change.

Packed with tension, Gouri's riveting descriptions of the testimony reveal a marked shift in attitudes toward Holocaust survivors in Israeli society. He admits to his initial skepticism toward these witnesses, and yet he learns much from them. Gouri's account is both a fascinating historical document and a chronicle of an extraordinary poet's encounter with one of the most terrible events of our times.

Pub. Date: November 2004
Author : Haim Gouri, Michael Swirsky, Michael Swirsky (Translator), Alan Mintz (Foreword by), Alan Mintz (Introduction)
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN-13: 9780814330876
ISBN: 0814330878