Overview
- Description
- (Paris 443) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, December 13, 1945. RVs, Major Walsh, US prosecutor, reading original Nazi letters which describe pogroms and other actions taken against the Jews in Latvia and Lithuania. He further reads documentation on the removal of gold teeth and fillings from the mouths of Jews before their annihilation. "Actions," burning of synagogues, etc., in Riga and other areas. LS, courtroom, waiting. Reading of memo by SS Brigadefuehrer Stahlecher to Himmler (10/15/41) reporting a pogrom, "Aktion Gruppe" : "To our surprise, not easy at first, to set in motion an extensive pogrom against Jews. Lithuanians (in several days) killed several thousand... Jews made harmless in a similar way, set fire to synagogues..." In the Riga pogrom 400 Jews were killed. All synagogues destroyed. MS, Hess and other Nazi war criminals seated in stand. Cut to prosecuting attorney. Reads from documentation: "overhauling of vans...[because the gassing] doesn't work well in rainy weather." LS, courtroom. Jews had gold fillings, etc., removed or pulled out. This took place 1-2 hours before the "action." Account of how much gold had been taken. MCU, prosecuting attorney's back. LS, same as above.
- Duration
- 00:07:59
- Date
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Event:
12/13/1945
- Locale
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Nuremberg,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:30:22:00 to 01:38:21:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 163 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 163 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 163 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 163 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 163 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 163 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
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- 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.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection from the National Archives and Records Administration in November 1990. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
- Note
- See also USHMM Tape PD #13, submaster on Nuremberg Trials.
See also Film ID 2278, Story 2428 for duplicate footage.
It is possible that this takes place on December 14, as that is what the trial transcript indicates. - Copied From
- 35mm; b/w; composite
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1390
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5603 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:46:59
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