Zvi Terlo papers
Extent and Medium
boxes
oversize folder
2
1
Creator(s)
- Zvi Terlo
Biographical History
Zvi Terlo (1932-2010) was an Israeli attorney who served on the prosecution team at the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961-1962. He later served as a legal advisor to the Israeli Defense Forces during the Six-Day War in 1967, as well as a senior consultant to the Ministry of Justice, General Director of the Ministry of Justice, and a Labor Court Judge, all in Israel.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Sosland Family.
The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of selected papers of Zvi Terlo (1932-2010), who served on the prosecution team at the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961-1962. Includes correspondence, printed trial testimony, pamphlets, and photographs, mostly relating to particular phases of the trial, but also including papers from Shabtai Rosen, legal advisor for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from Foreign Minister Golda Meir. Most of the material relates to arguments about the legality of trying Eichmann in an Israeli court rather than an international court, as well as the legality of his capture and extradition to Israel.
People
- Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962.
- Rosen, Shabtai.
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978.
Subjects
- Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962--Trials, litigation, etc.
- War crime trials--Jerusalem.
Genre
- Document