ID

FBW003429      Documentary

Country / Year

Israel / Netherlands, 2002

Original Title

Eichmann - The Seecret Memoirs

Directed by

Nissim Mossek, Alan Rosenthal

Produced by

Biblical Productions, Jerusalem / Blue Rose Productions, Jerusalem; in partnership with EO Television, Amsterdam / DR TV / MTV, Budapest / STV

Staff

Executive producer: Peter van der Wolf, Sharon Shaveet; Associate producer: Jonathan Mossek; Production manager: Ayelet Cohen; Script: Nissim Mossek, Alan Rosenthal; Original story: Moshe Mossek; Camera: Tom Gat; Editing: Nissim Mossek; Editing, var: Nina Kanevsky (Online Editor); Sound: Simon Dalton; Music: Joe Harnell; Narration: Keith Graves, Andrew Wilson; Consultant: Dan Setton (Special Consultant); Historical consultant: Yaacov Lozowick; Research: Elizabeth Moati (Prison Diaries), Sylvia Schopin (Sassen Memoirs), Maralyn Mossek (Stills Research), Moshe Mossek (Archives Research), Ayelet Cohen (Israel), David Lewis (USA)

Appearance

Adolf Eichmann (Head of the Judenreferat); Gideon Hausner (Head of Eichmann prosecution, Attorney General of the State of Israel); Moshe Landau (Presiding Judge); Adolf Hitler; Heinrich Himmler (Reichsführer SS); Eva Braun; Veronica Liebl (Eichmann's Wife); Haji Amin Al Husayni (als: Haj Amin El Husseini) (Mufti von Jerusalem); Reinhard Heydrich (Head of SS Security Department)

Mentioned

Ernst Kaltenbrunner (Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamtes); Julius Streicher (Gauleiter); Joseph Goebbels (Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda)

Statement(s) by

Willem Sassen; Gabriel Bach (Deputy State Attorney); Wiliam Wallstein (Eichmann's Physician); Shlomo Nagar (Eichmann's Warder); Franz Meyer (Witness, Berlin); Miky Goldman (Head Interrogation Section); Edith Eckstein (Witness, Vienna); Hava Kremer Alter (Witness, Prague); Arieh Alter (Nisko Deportee); Teddy Kollek (Former Director General of the Prime Minister's office); Israel Guttman (Witness, Warsaw)

Length

112'

Dates

- 23 Jul 2002: Premiere, Jerusalem (19. Jerusalem Film FestivalShimshon Center, Beit Shmuel)

Further Remarks

Equipment: GAL Productions

Abstract

Although Eichmann was responsible for implementing the "Final Solution" which led to the deaths of over 5 million Jews, 40 years after his execution, he still remains an enigma. How did this simple and unsuccessful salesman rise to power in the SS and Nazi regime? What motivated him? What inspired him? This film looks at Eichmann the man, parallel to Eichmann the Nazi who invented the "Eichmann System". The "Eichmann System", which was based on lies and deceit, led millions to their extermination in his gas chambers. For the first time, Eichmann's story is portrayed through his own eyes. He reveals how the system operated and how he felt implementing it. EICHMANN - THE SECRET MEMOIRS is not just an in - depth profile of one man.

Subject Terms

Eichmann-Entführung; Eichmann-Memoiren; Eichmann trial; Sassen-Interview