Overview
- Description
- War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 28, 1946. Dr. Jean Weith testifying in French. He testifies about several visits of high German officials in Mauthausen (Himmler, Kaltenbrunner, Pohl). He confirms that the civil population could have perfectly known about what went on in the camp, because one could see everything from the nearby street. Also, the camp inmates worked in the factories. Even though separated from the workers, there was enough contact, and the workers must have noticed the conditions the prisoners were in. He is also questioned by Kaltenbrunner's counsel, Kurt Kaufmann, who requests that the names of witnesses testifying should be made available to both prosecution and defense one day in advance in order to allow "to the point" questions from both sides. The material is too extensive. 08:13:00 He then (in French) explains that there is a difference between Auschwitz (whose sole purpose was extermination) and Ravensbrueck (where prisoners worked until they died). The Judge tells him to find that out from his witnesses, so at 08:15:25 he turns to Marie-Claude Vaillant Couturier and asks her to describe the conditions of prisoners at the time of liberation in Auschwitz. She testifies that they were left alone in the camp without water but the Russians arrived the next day. When they went to the men's camp the next day, prisoners had been without water or food for five days, many were dead. She could only give the number for the French: 150 out of 400 made it. 08:16:44 WS of court. 08:17:34 German defense lawyer speaks about why a person could not be at court.
- Duration
- 00:08:43
- Date
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Event:
1946 January 28
- Locale
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Nuremberg,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 08:09:30:00 to 08:18:13:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2346 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2346 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2346 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2346 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2346 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2346 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2346 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2346 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
- Note
- See Photo Archive W/S 57422 for the Auschwitz mug shot photograph of Marie Claude Vaillant Couturier (no. 31685). Marie was born on March 11, 1912 in Paris. She arrived in Auschwitz on January 24, 1943. The photograph belongs to Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oswiecimiu.
- Copied From
- 35mm DNC; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2974
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5773 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:43:38
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