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Barbie Trial -- Day 1 -- Opening statements

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.516.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1570 | Film ID: 3933

Overview

Description: 14:52:00 Lawyer Ravez of the prosecution, makes his opening statement. He brings up the application of a law passed on December 12, 1964, article 639, concerning the Code of Criminal Procedure, concerning crimes against humanity.

15:01:00 Lawyer Ravez describes the events which happened to Mr. Robert Cohen during the Holocaust, which bring him to testify against Klaus Barbie. He was a 7 year old Jewish child when his parents were sent to Auschwitz. He was the only Jew to survive, out of the entire hotel. Living at L'Hotel de France in St. Claude.

15:08:00 Lawyer Nordmann asks the Presiding Judge André Cerdini, on behalf of the Civil Parties, to purge the testimony, as Cohen is not present at the trial, and to proceed with the trial.

15:12:00 Prosecutor states request is inadmissible.
Film Title: Proces de Klaus Barbie
Duration: 01:00:41
Date: Event: 1987 May 11
Locale: Lyon, France
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
Contributor: Producer: Daniel Borgeot
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Physical Details

Language: French
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Color
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 14:52:13:00 to 15:52:54:00
Film Format: Master
Master 3933 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3933 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3933 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3933 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - 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: Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
Conditions on Use: Contact Institut National de L'Audiovisuel at internationalsales@ina.fr for permissions and licensing this film footage.
Copyright Holder: Institut National de L'Audiovisuel

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BARBIE TRIAL BARBIE, KLAUS CHILDREN (JEWISH) COURTS/COURTROOMS HOTELS JUDGES PROSECUTORS TRIALS WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS

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: 5820
Source Archive Number: 80002 (8 AV 03)
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:57:14
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