The hangman /
The administrator of the mass deportation of Jews to the Nazi death camps, Adolf Eichmann, was hanged in Israel's first and only execution. Shalom Nagar, a religious Jewish ritual slaughterer and street philosopher who believes in charity, was the hangman. His life encapsulates the story from t...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Language Notes: | In Hebrew with English subtitles. |
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Zürich, Switzerland :
First Hand Films,
2010.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | The administrator of the mass deportation of Jews to the Nazi death camps, Adolf Eichmann, was hanged in Israel's first and only execution. Shalom Nagar, a religious Jewish ritual slaughterer and street philosopher who believes in charity, was the hangman. His life encapsulates the story from the perspective of "the other" the marginalized Sephardi prison warden who was forced to do the dirty work of hanging the arch-enemy, and thus to carry a national burden that dramatically shaped the country, and his life. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed July 22, 2020). Most credits in Hebrew and English. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (63 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:02:03 |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Avigail Sperber ; editor, Joelle Alexis ; score, Ophir Leibovitch ; percussion, Zohar Fresco. |