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Hull, William Lovell, 1897-1992 (Creator of the collection)
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William Lovell Hull (1897-1992) was a Canadian Christian Zionist minister from the Winnipeg Zion Apostolic Church. He had moved to Jerusalem in 1935 with his wife and daughter, and opened the Zion Christian Mission in a small shop on the Street of the Prophet. The Hulls witnessed the creation of the modern State of Israel and had greatly influenced the events surrounding its founding, after Hull had had a meeting with Justice Rand in his role as Canada's representative on the UNSCOP commission in 1947. Hull was a strong supporter of the new state, and wrote in the 1950s two books about Israel and its history. In 1961, after the conviction of Adolf Eichmann and during the appeal process, he was appointed spiritual guide to Eichmann. With the translating help of his wife Lillian Hull, William Hull attempted to re-convert Eichmann to a believing Christian but failed. He attended the execution and also the spreading of the ashes of Eichmann. On his retirement and return to Canada, Hull wrote a book about his experience as a minister to Eichmann; in summary he was relieved that he couldn't convert Eichmann and had saved Christianity from such a monstrous fellow believer.

Reference Code
ARC. 4* 1525
Languages
English;
Description
The collection contains Hull's notes and writings on the Eichmann trial and execution, on his conversations with Eichmann, and also material he collected relating to the creation of the state of Israel.
location
  • The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel
Title William Hull Collection
Additional Titles כותרת בעברית: אוסף ויליאם הל.
Collection of William Hull.
Citation Note ARC. 4* 1525 William Hull Collection, Archives Department, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
Host Item William Hull Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary William Lovell Hull was born in Winnipeg on 3 December 1897, the son of William Frederick Hull and Annie Lovell (ca.1865-1954), he was educated at Kelvin High School. After managing the silk department at Eatons for some years, and being ordained in the ministry, he moved to Jerusalem in 1935 after receiving a “call from God” during a service at Zion Apostolic Church. In 1916 he had married Lillian Pachal (1898-1985, daughter of Louis A. Pachal) in Winnipeg and they had a daughter. During his years of missionary work in Jerusalem Hull was involved with Justice Ivan C. Rand (1884-1969), influencing him and his vote on the 1947 United Nations Special Committee on Palestine in regard to the partition vote to create the State of Israel. In 1961-1962, Hull was the spiritual counselor for the Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann during his trial and until the execution in May 1962. Hull returned to Canada later that year and wrote The Struggle for a Soul (1963, Doubleday) about his experiences with Eichmann. In the 1950s he had published two books on Israel. He retired to Simcoe, Ontario and died there on 1 September 1992. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery at Simcoe.
National Library system number 990031584570205171

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