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(HOLOCAUST) Police d'Israel, Quartier General, 6-eme Bureau. [Complete Transcript of the Adolf Eichmann Interrogation] Six volumes (complete) of printed typescript photocopies. Text in German, prefatory notes by Avraham Selinger in Hebrew and English: “The enclosed material is to be considered ‘Confidential.’” pp. 3,564. Browned, pp. 150 duplicated, pp. 1214-39 inverted. Original printed stiff wrappers. Upper covers of vol. 1-3 torn or detached torn. Rectangular folio. Camp Iyar (Jerusalem): 1961 Following Adolf Eichmann’s capture in Argentina by the Mossad in May 1960, the Israel Police set up a special unit “Bureau 06” in preparation for placing Eichmann on trial. The present exhaustive six-volume document is a facsimile of the complete transcript of Adolf Eichmann’s interrogation by Captain Avner Werner Less, Commander of the Israel Police. For nine months, Less served as Eichmann's interrogator, questioning him daily for a total of 275 hours. Less was the only investigator allowed to speak to Eichmann. Upon completion, the transcription was handed in Less' presence to Eichmann for correction and confirmation. It was subsequently forwarded to the trial prosecutors in order to prepare the formal indictment leading to the trial itself. Only a handful of transcriptions were produced. A rare complete set. Following Adolf Eichmann’s capture in Argentina by the Mossad in May 1960, the Israel Police set up a special unit “Bureau 06” in preparation for placing Eichmann on trial. The present exhaustive six-volume document is a facsimile of the complete transcript of Adolf Eichmann’s interrogation by Captain Avner Werner Less, Commander of the Israel Police. For nine months, Less served as Eichmann's interrogator, questioning him daily for a total of 275 hours. Less was the only investigator allowed to speak to Eichmann. Upon completion, the transcription was handed in Less' presence to Eichmann for correction and confirmation. It was subsequently forwarded to the trial prosecutors in order to prepare the formal indictment leading to the trial itself. Only a handful of transcriptions were produced. A rare complete set.