TATEROVÁ, Eva. Czechoslovak diplomatic dilemmas in regards to the Adolf Eichmann trial. Middle Eastern Studies. Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LTD, 2024, vol. 60, No 1, p. 112-125. ISSN 0026-3206. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2023.2173179.
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Original name Czechoslovak diplomatic dilemmas in regards to the Adolf Eichmann trial
Authors TATEROVÁ, Eva.
Edition Middle Eastern Studies, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LTD, 2024, 0026-3206.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 0.500 in 2022
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2023.2173179
Keywords in English Czechoslovakia, Israel, Adolf EIchmann, Cold War diplomacy
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Eva Taterová, M.A., Ph.D., učo 217308. Changed: 28/1/2024 19:25.
Abstract
This article aims to analyze the ambiguous diplomatic approach of Czechoslovakia towards the trial with Adolf Eichmann launched in Jerusalem in April 1961. Even though Eichmann was internationally seen as one of the unquestionable Holocaust perpetrators, the approach of Czechoslovak diplomacy towards his trial was not as supportive and cooperative as would normally be expected from a country severely affected by Nazi repression in the recent past. Due to the ongoing Cold War rivalries that put Czechoslovakia and Israel on opposite sides of the conflict, in the early 1960s, the bilateral relations of the two countries were strained and hostile. The disinclination of Czechoslovakia to cooperate with Israel on the preparations for the Eichmann trial by providing testimonies of his crimes, however, put Czechoslovakia into a thorny diplomatic position hence this reluctance could have been interpreted as an indirect backing of a Nazi criminal. Altogether, the situation escalated in an unprecedented diplomatic dilemma for Czechoslovak authorities.
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