03.05.2011                      29.Nisan, 5771                      Tag 14 des Omer

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The 'guiding star' who presided over the Eichmann trial

Former Supreme Court Justice Moshe Landau was laid to rest in Jerusalem on Monday; he presided over the trial that ended in the conviction of Eichmann, the mastermind of the 'Final solution'.

Former Supreme Court Justice Moshe Landau was laid to rest in Jerusalem on Monday. Landau, the presiding judge in the trial that ended in the conviction of Adolf Eichmann, the mastermind of the "Final Solution," died Sunday. He was 99.
Speaking at the funeral, on Har Hamenuhot, Landau's daughter Ada said: "My father's legacy to the judicial system was 'Do not mourn the passing of the generation of giants, create a new generation of giants.'"…