Soviet film of atrocities shown at Nuremberg Trials
Overview
- Description
- Reel 1: Documents. Atrocities, corpses, women weeping, Soviet soldiers. Exhumation of mass grave, Russians weeping. Corpses at camp.
01:18:32 Reel 2: Human remains. Doctors, exhumation, skulls. Human remains at camp, beach. Reburying children in coffins, women weeping. Watchtower, barbed wire, corpses. Gravesite in forest. Fires. 01:31:40 Klooga: corpses, CU of victim with number and Star of David.
01:33:51 Reel 3: Lublin, INTs corpses. Civilians view bodies and camp barracks. MS, survivors. Aerial views of Majdanek, barracks. Skulls and bones, crematorium. Victims' belongings (shoes, passports, etc.) 01:43:40 Pan of survivors behind barbed wire. Aerial views of Auschwitz, maps, women in bunks, barbed wire, emaciated corpses, survivors in striped uniforms. 01:47:00 Twins walking between barbed wire fences at Auschwitz, children show tattooed numbers to camera. Zyklon B cans. Demonstration at gallows. Mass gravesite. Doctors examine baby. MSs, victims' clothing, shoes.
01:51:08 Reel 4: More victims' belongings, hair. Doctors examining survivors, interviewing nurses. Cemetery. Decapitated bodies, guillotine. Corpses in coffins. Torture instruments. - Film Alternate Title
- Film Documents of the Atrocities of the German Fascist Invaders
- Duration
- 00:58:23
- Date
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Event:
1942-1945
Production: 1945
- Locale
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Klooga,
Estonia
Lublin, Poland
Majdanek, Poland
Auschwitz, Poland
Soviet Union
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Central Studio for Documentary Film, Moscow
Camera Operator: Alexander Vorontsov
Camera Operator: Roman Karmen
Camera Operator: Kenan Kutub-Sade
- Biography
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Roman Karmen was born in 1906 in Odessa. He enrolled in the Gerasimov Institute for of Cinematography in Moscow in 1929. Throughout the 1930s, Karmen worked at the Central Studio of Documentary Film and as a correspondent for Soviet newspapers. He covered the Civil War in Spain in 1936-39. During World War II, Karmen was present on the front lines, documenting the Leningrad blockade, the surrender of German field marshal Friedrich Paulus in Volgograd, and the liberation of the Majdanek concentration camp in Lublin. Karmen made the film "The Judgment of the Peoples" about the Nuremberg trials. Karmen later filmed in Vietnam, India, and South America. The Soviet Union awarded Karmen the Lenin Prize, the highest Soviet honor, for his 1953 film "Story of the Capsian Oil Workers." Karmen died in 1978 in Moscow.
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:00:12:00 to 01:59:55:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2804 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2804 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2804 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2804 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2804 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2804 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2804 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2804 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
- Conditions on Use
- Requests for duplication of moving image materials at the Library of Congress begin with the Moving Image Section reference staff (mpref@loc.gov), who gather basic information about the order, such as titles requested, format desired, collection restrictions (if any), and whether or not a copyright search is required. From there, the order goes to the Public Services Office for pricing and fulfillment. Refer to http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/copies.html for more information.
- Copyright Holder
- Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- ATROCITIES AUSCHWITZ BARBED WIRE BARRACKS BURIALS CEMETERIES CHILDREN CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION) CORPSES DOCTORS DOCUMENTS EXHUMATIONS HUMAN HAIR LIBERATION MAJDANEK MASS GRAVES NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL) SHOES SNOW SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET) SOVIET UNION SOVIETS SURVIVORS TORTURE VICTIMS' PROPERTY WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS ZYKLON B
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this film from the Library of Congress in August 2005. As part of their "Russian Collection," the Library of Congress received the film from an arm of the US government, probably the Office of Alien Property or the Military Intelligence Division.
- Note
- This film was presented at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg on February 19, 1946 by Russian prosecutor Mr. Smirnov. This Soviet-made film was screened on the 62nd day of the Nuremberg Trial and submitted as evidence relevant to the indictment for "crimes against humanity." It is a re-edited compilation of Soviet footage that had been primarily used for propagandistic ends in wartime Soviet newsreels and documentaries and includes voiceover commentary. The one-hour film shows images of the extermination camps of Auschwitz and Majdanek and appeals to spectators' emotions by emphasizing individual victims.
The Library of Congress catalogs this film under the title "Concentration Camps."
See also Stories 26 to 29 on Film ID 5 for similar or duplicate sequences of Auschwitz and Majdanek.
Refer to RG-60.4642 for a better copy of this film from the Nuremberg Archives at the International Court of Justice. - Copied From
- 35mm reference print
- Film Source
- Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4998
Source Archive Number: FGE 9251-9254 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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- 2024-02-21 08:07:50
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