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War Crimes Trials: Einsatzgruppen Case

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2299 | Film ID: 881

Overview

Description: (Munich 673) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 9 (Einsatzgruppen Case). Chief of the OCCWC, Telford Taylor, sums up the prosecution's case against former members of Einsatzgruppen. Presiding Judge Michael Musmanno instructs defense counsel that they may reply to the summation. Recess called. Ohlendorf, as the number one defendant, reads his final plea into the record seeking to justify his behavior. Bureaucratic language. At the end, brings in God, human error, split between East and West. 08:06:40 to 08:11:36
Duration: 00:10:24
Date: Event: 1948 February 13
Production: 1948
Locale: Nuremberg, Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

Physical Details

Language: German
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Poor
Time Code: 08:01:12:00 to 08:11:36:00
Film Format: Master
Master 881 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 881 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 881 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 881 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 881 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 881 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 881 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 881 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: 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

Keyword: COURTS/COURTROOMS EINSATZGRUPPEN FERENCZ, BENJAMIN GERMANY JUDGES MUSMANNO, MICHAEL NAZI OFFICIALS NUREMBERG (SUBSEQUENT TRIALS) OHLENDORF, OTTO PROSECUTORS SPEECHES TAYLOR, TELFORD TRIALS WAR CRIMES COMMISSIONS WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS

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 1994.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1954
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 6935
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:47:40
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