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(Original Caption) 5/29/1962-Jerusalem, Israel- Adolf Eichmann, accused Nazi mass murderer, stands in his bullet-proof glass cage to hear Israel's Supreme Court unanimously reject an appeal against his death sentence. With him are two armed guards. The verdict meant that only Israeli President Itzhak Ben-Zvi could save the 56 year old Eichmann, charged with the murder of six million Jews, from the gallows. In the foreground is defense attorney Robert Servatius.

(Original Caption) 5/29/1962-Jerusalem, Israel- Adolf Eichmann, accused Nazi mass murderer, stands in his bullet-proof glass cage to hear Israel's Supreme Court unanimously reject an appeal against his death sentence. With him are two armed guards. The verdict meant that only Israeli President Itzhak Ben-Zvi could save the 56 year old Eichmann, charged with the murder of six million Jews, from the gallows. In the foreground is defense attorney Robert Servatius.