Barbie Trial -- Day 5 -- Discussion of Gestapo hierarchy in France
Overview
- Description
- 14:55 Barbie's lawyer, Vergès, argues that the court has overridden France's judicial traditions in the trial so far, and that using force to make him appear in court would reduce the trial to a lynching
15:00 President Cerdini calls for a recess to deliberate
15:34 President Cerdini reads a decision noting the refusal of Klaus Barbie to appear in court and indicating that this will be ignored in the proceedings; reads a motion receiving the testimony of plaintiff Vogel, née Eissner
15:38 Prosecution lawyer Rappaport gives information concerning the recent desecration of a monument erected to the memory of the children deported from Izieu
15:39 President Cerdini explains the procedure for the trial arguments going forward, in light of the continued absence of the defendant
15:40 President Cerdini presents facts found against Barbie before the Cour D'Assises
15:43 Cerdini presents definitions of SIPO [Sicherheitspolizei, or Nazi Secret Police] and SD [Sicherheitsdienst, or Nazi Security Service], and the organizations that they cover
15:50 Cerdini presents Barbie's position within the general Nazi organization
15:55 Lawyers from the prosecution (Iannucci) and defense (Vergès) each comment on Cerdini's presentation, particularly Barbie's position as the head of the SD in Lyon
15:59 Lawyers from the prosecution (Klarsfeld) and defense (Vergès) debate the date of the establishment of the Einsatzkommando in Lyon (task force charged with exterminating Jews and others)
16:01 Prosecution lawyer Libman raises a question about Barbie's authority over SD sub-section 4B (the anti-Jewish sub-section)
16:02 President Cerdini presents a series of declarations made by Barbie about his rank and responsibility within the Nazi organization
16:16 Prosecution lawyers Libman and Kormann, as well as defense lawyer Vergès, debate testimony that Barbie was "the soul of the KDS (chief of the SD) in Lyon"; debate Barbie's role in the Sonderkommandos (ad-hoc SS units)
16:19 Prosecution lawyer Klarsfeld discusses a raid, approved by Barbie, at the UGIF [Union générale des Israélites de France] in Lyon on February 9, 1943 (also known as the Rafle de la Rue Sainte-Catherine)
16:21 President Cerdini presents an exhibit relating to the raid
16:25 A clerk reads a report signed by Barbie on the 11th of February 1943 - Film Title
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Proces de Klaus Barbie
- Duration
- 01:31:19
- Date
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Event:
1987 May 15
- Locale
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Lyon,
France
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
- Contributor
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Producer:
Daniel Borgeot
Subject:
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 14:56:42:00 to 16:28:01:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 3955 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3955 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3955 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3955 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
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- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
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- Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
- Conditions on Use
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- Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection containing 185 hours of the Barbie Trial from the Institut National De L’Audiovisuel in Paris, France in July 2005.
- Note
- Abbreviated transcript with real time code idents available in departmental files.
- Copied From
- 3/4" Umatic SECAM
- Film Source
- Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5844
Source Archive Number: 80024 [8 AV 25] - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:57:20
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