ABSTRACT
The story begins with a rite of passage at American universities: the senior thesis exercise. In order to fulfill the requirements of the major, students have to write a substantial essay or engage in an academic project and orally respond to criticism from members of the department. The room was packed. There was a sense of anticipation. Several in the audience glanced over to the person sitting in the glass booth. The expression on his face was intense. He was keenly aware of his judges watching, but he did not want to let them see his anxiety. This was about an event that had shaken human history. Everyone was deadly serious in anticipation. The judges were Justice Moshe Landau, Dr. Benjamin Halevi, and Dr. Yitzhak Raveh. Israel's attorney general, Gideon Hausner, headed the prosecution. Adolf Eichmann sat alone, bald headed with heavy, dark-framed glasses, in a protective cage of bulletproof glass.
