60 No. 76 JUSTICE Concluding Bilsky’s book is an interesting attempt to re-integrate the concept of “cultural genocide,” which stood at the heart of Lemkin’s original definition and was marginalized in the Eichmann Trial, into the current discourse on genocide. She does so by looking closely at several figures who played a direct or indirect role in the Eichmann Trial, allowing the trial to serve as a prism through which the importance and centrality of cultural genocide can be emphasized. While Bilsky’s thesis is thought-provoking, I was left with the impression that her mission to promote the issue of cultural genocide resulted in exaggerating the expressions of her heroes.n Prof. Dan Michman is Head of The International Institute for Holocaust Research; and Incumbent of the John Najmann Chair of Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem; Professor (Emeritus) of Modern Jewish History, The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History; and former (1983-2018) Chair of The Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research and Incumbent of the Abe and Edita Spiegel Family Chair of Holocaust Research, BarIlan University.
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