Reflections on Documentary and the Holocaust — The Berlin International Film Festival, Part Two by Gordon Hitchens (International Documentary, Vol. 18, Nos 7-8)
01.07.1999
The Specialist (Eyal Sivan ; France, Israel, Germany, Belgium, Austria, 1998,128 min.) AdoIf Eichmann, SS Lieutenant Colonel, a specialist in the transportation of freight via railroad ; was hanged in Israel on May 31, 1962, aged fifty-five. This film traces Eichmann’s life, ending with his trial in Jerusalem for crimes against humanity, and other offenses. Eichmann was born in the Rhineland, 1906, and as a child moved with his family to Linz, Austria. From aged seventeen, he worked as a miner, trainee in electrical construction and salesman. At twenty-six, he joined the Nazi party and the SS. The next year, as Hitler took power, Eichmann returned to Germany, served in the army for a year, followed with special SS trainin..