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Eichmann Trial -- Session 20 -- Testimony of H. Kratky

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.032 | Film ID: 2031

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    Eichmann Trial -- Session 20 -- Testimony of H. Kratky

    Overview

    Description
    Session 20. Court is not in session. The Judges enter and present Decision 11: the Hoettle, Huppenkothen, and von Thadden affidavits are permitted as evidence; the Defense has permission to cross-examine all three witnesses at a foreign court in the witness' resident country. Presiding Judge Moshe Landau directs the interpreter to have a translation ready during the day, and asks Attorney General Gideon Hausner how long it will take him to grant entry visas for foreign witnesses. Hausner responds to Landau's reprimand for reading too much and extending the length of the trial on behalf of Assistant State Attorney Bar-Or. The Court official discuss the use of documentation. Hausner submits Hoettle's affidavit [T/157]; in his affidavit, Hoettle states: "Eichmann was entrusted with the task of rounding up the Jews from all the countries of Europe and transporting them to Germany... Eichmann told him that... about four million Jews were put to death in the extermination camps..." Hausner submits exhibits T/158 through T/160.

    After a blip at 00:28:33, Bar-Or questions witness Dr. Ya'Akov Hugo Kratky. Following another blip at 00:30:39, Kratky describes his journey to Poldowa, and treatment by SS soldiers. Kratky explains that the SS soldiers took the Jews' money and "They told us to remove our clothes... All were made to lie on the ground, and we were given blows for fifteen minutes on end. They struck us and laughed." There is a blip at 00:33:38. Bar-Or questions Kratky about Adolf Eichmann. Kratky claims he knew of Eichmann but would not be able to recognize him presently.
    Film Title
    Eichmann Trial
    Duration
    00:34:48
    Date
    Event:  1961 April 28
    Production:  1961 April 28
    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
    Mixed
    Time Code
    00:00:02:00 to 00:34:50:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2031 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2031 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2031 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2031 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2031 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2031 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2031 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2031 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
    *Slight hum in picture, noise bars in master, seems to be fault of a previous generation.

    See official transcripts, published in "The Trial of Adolf Eichmann", Vol. I-V, State of Israel, Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem, 1994, pp. 305-308, 310, 311, 313. Also available online at the Nizkor Project.
    Copied From
    2" Quad
    Film Source
    Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 1796
    Source Archive Number: VTEI 284
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:46:42
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