UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM PRESENTS Justice and Accountability: Confronting Adolf Eichmann After The Holocaust, Lecture by Deborah E. Lipstadt at the Boston Public Library

WHAT:  The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will host Justice and Accountability: Confronting Adolf Eichmann After the Holocaust, a lecture by Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt.  Dr. Lipstadt will discuss her new book, The Eichmann Trial, which offers a gripping account of the “trial of the century” and a compelling reassessment of the trial on the 50^th anniversary of Eichmann’s sentencing.

Dr. Lipstadt wrote The Eichmann Trial while she was the Judith and Burton P. Resnick Invitational Scholar at the Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. 

WHO: Deborah E. Lipstadt is an award-winning historian, former member of the United States    Holocaust Memorial Council, Dorot Professor of Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, Atlanta, and author of the book, The Eichmann Trial.

About the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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