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War Crimes Trials: Malmedy, sentencing

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2317 | Film ID: 887

(Munich 298) Malmedy War Crimes Trials, Sentencing of Accused, Dachau, Germany, July 16, 1946. LS, spectators in courtroom. 1st Lt. Friedrich Crist sentenced to death by hanging. Maj Diefenthal receiving sentence of hanging. Gen. Sepp Dietrich receiving sentence of life imprisonment. PFC George Fleps sentenced to death. MS, defendants in dock as court president is heard sentencing Willi Heinz Hendel to death. PFC Joachim Hofman sentenced to death. PFC Friedel Kies sentenced to death. Mjaor Knittel sentenced to life imprisonment. Fritz Kraemer, Chief of Staff of the 6th SS Panzer, receiving sentence of ten years. MLS defendants. MLS Col Peiper receiving death sentence. Gen. Priess sentenced to 20 years. Maj. Sickel, death sentence; Corporal Szyperski sentenced to life imprisonment. Lt. Heinz Tomhardt receiving death sentence. MS, group of Polish guards in courtroom wearing American uniforms and white steel helmets. Sergeant Paul Swigart sentenced to hanging. MS, side view, judges leaving court. Pan, audience rising to leave.


Duration
00:09:55
Date
Event:  1946 July 16
Production:  1946
Locale
Dachau, Germany
Language
English
German
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
14:01:12:00 to 14:11:07:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Master 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Master 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Master 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1972
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 6089

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:02:59
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