EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM

The play offers a phantasmagoric image of the world of Adolph Eichmann and his involvement in the Holocaust, as if seen through his less than tormented eyes. Fusing the surreal with fact the play moves between three key periods in Eichmann’s life; his role during the Holocaust, his life as a Nazi war criminal on the run, and finally the captive of the Israeli government awaiting trial and eventual execution for complicity in the murder of six million Jews during World War Two. In the aftermath of his verdict, a Protestant Pastor, William Hull, moved by Eichmann’s acceptance of his fate, is convinced that he can be brought onto the path of redemption if Eichmann can accept the everlasting love of Jesus Christ and confess his sins.

Authors: 
David Blackman