Template:Did you know nominations/Gerard Behar Center
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The result was: promoted by Zanhe (talk) 18:09, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
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Gerard Behar Center
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Adolf Eichmann at his trial
- ... that the Gerard Behar Center, today a major arts centre in Jerusalem, was the site of the 1961 trial of Nazi leader Adolph Eichmann (pictured at trial)?
Created by Yoninah (talk). Self-nominated at 23:21, 31 March 2016 (UTC).
Article is new (created on 1 April 2016) and long enough. It is interesting. Hook fact is verified by an inline citation. No copyvio or close paraphrasing was detected. However, I am not sure that a hook about an arts centre in Jerusalem, named for a victim of the Nazis, should present a picture of a Nazi leader. I am not sure either that a reference to Eichmann's trial is the best hook. Personally, I would prefer a hook showing the importance of the center in the cultural life of present-day Israel.Borsoka (talk) 01:56, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- From an arts centre point of view, you are correct. But perhaps you are not aware that the Eichmann trial was the "trial of the century" in Israel, and the verdict of crimes against humanity was the only time someone was tried, convicted, and executed for this crime in Israel. Anyone over the age of 40 is familiar with the trial and the famous picture of Eichmann in his "glass booth" (in the picture). The fact that it took place in the same theatre where today hundreds of thousands of people attend plays, dance performances, concerts, etc., is certainly a hooky hook. Yoninah (talk) 09:09, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
