Pogroms, gold fillings, murders in Latvia and Lithuania described in Nuremberg Trial

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1990.492.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0365 | Film ID: 163

Overview

Description: (Paris 443) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, December 13, 1945. RVs, Major Walsh, US prosecutor, reading original Nazi letters which describe pogroms and other actions taken against the Jews in Latvia and Lithuania. He further reads documentation on the removal of gold teeth and fillings from the mouths of Jews before their annihilation. "Actions," burning of synagogues, etc., in Riga and other areas. LS, courtroom, waiting. Reading of memo by SS Brigadefuehrer Stahlecher to Himmler (10/15/41) reporting a pogrom, "Aktion Gruppe" : "To our surprise, not easy at first, to set in motion an extensive pogrom against Jews. Lithuanians (in several days) killed several thousand... Jews made harmless in a similar way, set fire to synagogues..." In the Riga pogrom 400 Jews were killed. All synagogues destroyed. MS, Hess and other Nazi war criminals seated in stand. Cut to prosecuting attorney. Reads from documentation: "overhauling of vans...[because the gassing] doesn't work well in rainy weather." LS, courtroom. Jews had gold fillings, etc., removed or pulled out. This took place 1-2 hours before the "action." Account of how much gold had been taken. MCU, prosecuting attorney's back. LS, same as above.
Duration: 00:07:59
Date: Event: 12/13/1945
Locale: Nuremberg, Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

Language: English German
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 01:30:22:00 to 01:38:21:00
Film Format: Master
Master 163 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 163 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 163 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 163 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Preservation
Preservation 163 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large

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Copyright: Public Domain
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Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection from the National Archives and Records Administration in November 1990. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
Note: See also USHMM Tape PD #13, submaster on Nuremberg Trials.
See also Film ID 2278, Story 2428 for duplicate footage.

It is possible that this takes place on December 14, as that is what the trial transcript indicates.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w; composite
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1390
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5603
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive