Overview
- Description
- (Munich 298) Malmedy War Crimes Trials, Sentencing of Accused, Dachau, Germany, July 16, 1946. LS, spectators in courtroom. 1st Lt. Friedrich Crist sentenced to death by hanging. Maj Diefenthal receiving sentence of hanging. Gen. Sepp Dietrich receiving sentence of life imprisonment. PFC George Fleps sentenced to death. MS, defendants in dock as court president is heard sentencing Willi Heinz Hendel to death. PFC Joachim Hofman sentenced to death. PFC Friedel Kies sentenced to death. Mjaor Knittel sentenced to life imprisonment. Fritz Kraemer, Chief of Staff of the 6th SS Panzer, receiving sentence of ten years. MLS defendants. MLS Col Peiper receiving death sentence. Gen. Priess sentenced to 20 years. Maj. Sickel, death sentence; Corporal Szyperski sentenced to life imprisonment. Lt. Heinz Tomhardt receiving death sentence. MS, group of Polish guards in courtroom wearing American uniforms and white steel helmets. Sergeant Paul Swigart sentenced to hanging. MS, side view, judges leaving court. Pan, audience rising to leave.
- Duration
- 00:09:55
- Date
-
Event:
1946 July 16
Production: 1946
- Locale
-
Dachau,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 14:01:12:00 to 14:11:07:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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- 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
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: 1972
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 6089 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:47:44
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