sentences:  After the Eichmann trial in 1961 (witnessed by Birnbaum in Jerusalem) people had become increasingly aware of the horrors of the Holocaust, so the Columbia meeting proved emotional and there was a call for action.Birnbaum proposed a protest rally outside the Soviet UN Mission on the Soviet May Day holiday, only 4 days later.He mobilized his Yeshiva University core, contacted other campuses, and some 1,000 students showed up, getting excellent media publicity.