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Eichmann Trial -- Session 43 -- Prosecution submits documents: foreign relations, deportations, legal matters

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.055 | Film ID: 2054

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    Eichmann Trial -- Session 43 -- Prosecution submits documents: foreign relations, deportations, legal matters

    Overview

    Description
    Session 43. The Prosecution submits documents to the court, beginning with a letter concerning a citizen of a neutral country wanting to emigrate, a case which Eichmann denied. Another about the treatment of Jews of foreign nationalities, along with the decision to work towards the Final Solution, including dealing with mixed marriages. Another describing a deadline in 1943 for the deportation of each nation's Jews. Also, a preface of the Reich's Foreign Ministry discussing the pressure placed on foreign nations to return their Jews.

    00:05:50 A summarizing report of the Gestapo office. A memo from Eichmann's office from June 1943, which is relevant to the testimony of a recently heard witness concerning the inability to deport certain Jews, and the decision to keep them in camps. A few documents are submitted with the President of Court questioning their relevance and what the Prosecution plans to use these documents for. They are eventually accepted.

    00:12:39 A letter concerning the return of two Jewish women is submitted, along with a comment by Eichmann written on it. Then the case of a Jewish man, who was stateless, being arrested for not having the mark of a Jew, and whose current location is unknown, is submitted. The affidavit of Emil Brandt is submitted, but the Defense asks to postpone the submission until they have a copy of the document.

    00:17:36 The Prosecution submits a series of documents dealing with Bergen-Belsen, including Eichmann's paper announcing that the Police worked with the Foreign Ministry for the location of the camp. Another is the request for Jews with foreign connections to be contained at Belsen. Another from Eichmann's office saying that complaints will no longer be listened to - Jews can never leave ghettos.

    00:30:34 The Prosecution submits documents concerning Austria, beginning with the decree that all laws concerning Jews in Germany will be applied to Austria. A memorandum is submitted that refers to Eichmann concerning the delay of the deportation of the Jews of Vienna to Poland to keep them in work camps. Another asking if the Jews can return to Vienna from Poland, among other similar documents.

    00:39:04 A memorandum of a conversation between Brunner and Loewenherz concerning what Eichmann said about the return of a group of Jews from Poland. A request by Eichmann to centralize the Jews of multiple foreign countries (the Madagascar Plan). A memorandum signed by Dr. Benjamin Murmelstein about meeting with Brunner.

    00:49:39 Discussions of Eichmann concerning deported Jews and where to put them are submitted, including a statement saying that each transport should include roughly a thousand Jews and a statement saying that the property of the Jews should be sold to pay for their transport. The documents that made badges for Jews mandatory are submitted. Documents concerning the deportation of Jews to the Łódź ghetto and the demand for them to sign powers of attorney over to the Germans.

    00:57:48 The Judges schedule the next session and adjourn.
    Film Title
    Eichmann Trial
    Duration
    00:58:49
    Date
    Event:  1961 May 17
    Production:  1961 May 17
    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
    00:00:30:00 to 00:59:19:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2054 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2054 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2054 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2054 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2054 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2054 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2054 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2054 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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    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
    See official transcripts, published in "The Trial of Adolf Eichmann", Vol. I-V, State of Israel, Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem, 1994. Also available online at the Nizkor Project.

    *Noise bands on master with dropout inside them from previous dub; generally poor quality; slight distortion on English track from master.
    Copied From
    2" Quad
    Film Source
    Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2156
    Source Archive Number: VTEI 297
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:46:05
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