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Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 14, 15, 16 and 21 -- Testimony of B. Cohn

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.028 | Film ID: 2027

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    Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 14, 15, 16 and 21 -- Testimony of B. Cohn

    Overview

    Description
    Sessions 14, 15, 16 and 21. Witness Benno Cohn describes the effects of Nazism on Jewish cultural life: "...we were no longer allowed to play music of German composers such as Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Haydn or Mozart." Assistant State Attorney Bar-Or questions Cohn about book burning. Cohn replies: "The books of the most famous Jewish authors were hurled into the bonfire to the sound of shrieks and applause by the students who were present." Bar-Or and Cohn discuss the Nuremberg Laws; Cohn explains the Reichsbuergergesetz [German Citizenship Law], and reads mandates from the Reichsgesetzblatt that defined the differences between Jews and Aryans. The witness mentions a prayer written by Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck, which the Nazis intercepted. Cohn recites the prayer: "Our hearts are full with mourning, with pain. Our soul is full to the brim. We shall give expressions to all this by our silence..." The Judges assess the session.

    00:29:24 Witness Moritz Fleischmann is on the stand. He discusses a meeting with Eichmann. Presiding Judge Moshe Landau asks if the prosecution is finished with the witness; Bar-Or has one more question. After a blip at 00:30:36, witness Noach Zabludowicz describes his experiences with the Nazis. He was arrested after an altercation with two Nazi soldiers; Zabludowicz was taken to the Gestap and badly beaten. Later, the Gestapo asked him to reveal names of Jewish spies; he refused, and was severely beaten. Hausner questions Zabludowicz about hangings in Ciechanow. Zabludowicz describes the hangings, as well as deliberate murders by Nazis such as the killing of an infant child. Hausner also asks the witness to illustrate the conditions on the train to Auschwitz. Servatius does not question Zabludowicz, but all three Judges question the witness on his previous testimony. The tape ends as Judge Raveh asks Zabludowicz about the Jewish population in Ciechanow.
    Film Title
    Eichmann Trial
    Duration
    00:59:51
    Date
    Event:  1961 April 25
    Production:  1961 April 25
    Locale
    Jerusalem, Israel
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Contributor
    Director: Leo Hurwitz
    Producer: Milton Fruchtman
    Camera Operator: Rolf M. Kneller
    Camera Operator: F. Csaznik
    Camera Operator: J. Jonilowicz
    Camera Operator: J. Kalach
    Camera Operator: Emil Knebel
    Producer: Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation
    Biography
    Emil Knebel was a cinematographer known for Andante (2010), Adam (1973), and Wild Is My Love (1963). He was one of the cameramen who recorded daily coverage of the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem (produced by Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp and later held academic positions in Israel and New York teaching filmmaking at universities. Refer to CV in file.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English German Hebrew
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    00:00:27:00 to 01:00:18:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2027 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2027 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2027 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2027 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2027 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2027 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2027 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2027 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation recorded the proceedings of the Adolf Eichmann trial in 1961. The original recording was made on two-inch format videotape. One set of videotapes contained selected portions of the trial for distribution to television stations. The "selected portions" version remained in Israel and was later turned over to the Israel State Archives. Capital Cities Broadcasting retained the set of videotapes containing the complete trial proceedings at offices in New York City until 1965, when they gave the videotapes to the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The Anti-Defamation League, in turn, gave the complete set to the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1972. With a grant from the Revson Foundation, Hebrew University transferred the two-inch videotapes to U-Matic format. During the transfer process, Hebrew University created three duplicate sets. One set was given to the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, one to the Israel State Archives, and one set to the Jewish Museum in New York City. In 1995, the Israel State Archives transferred the trial footage to digital videoformat with a grant from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office. Three subsequent digital videotape copies resulted from this transfer of footage. The Israel State Archives retained one digital copy and a second set was deposited at the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the third set of digital videotapes in May 1999.
    Note
    *Many problems with various cameras during the day's shoot. Dub contains digital hit at 55:46.

    See official transcripts, published in "The Trial of Adolf Eichmann", Vol. I-V, State of Israel, Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem, 1994, pp. 217-219, 254, and 336-341. Also available online at the Nizkor Project.
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    Film Source
    Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 1792
    Source Archive Number: VTEI 213
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:43:26
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