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Eichmann Trial -- Session 88 -- Cross-examination of the Accused about membership in the Nazi party and antisemitism

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.122 | Film ID: 2122

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    Eichmann Trial -- Session 88 -- Cross-examination of the Accused about membership in the Nazi party and antisemitism

    Overview

    Description
    The footage begins near the end of Session 88 during cross-examination of Eichmann by Attorney General Gideon Hausner. Hausner questions the accused about his dismissal from the Austrian Vacuum Oil Company. Eichmann maintains that he was dismissed because of his marital status and not because he joined the Nazi party. A small part of this section is duplicate footage also found on Tape 2123 (at 01:06:39). Hausner then asks about Eichmann's membership in the NSDAP, the SD, whether he joined these organizations of his own free will (00:03:52), and whether he ever tried to leave the Nazi party. Hausner asks Eichmann where he was when the war broke out (00:11:13), to which Eichmann responds that he was in either Vienna or in Prague. Hausner questions Eichmann about his attendance at the 1937 Nazi party rally in Nuremberg and whether, while at that rally, Eichmann recruited an American named Elmhurst to publish an antisemitic pamphlet called The World Hoax (00:15:09). The last question posed concerns Eichmann's regard for the Jews in 1937 (00:19:29). Eichmann states that he viewed the Jews as adversaries but that he thought the solution to the Jewish question should be solved to the mutual benefit of both the Germans and the Jews, by placing them in their own country. A small section of this is duplicate footage also found on Tape 2120 (at 00:37:24). Hausner wants to continue questioning Eichmann, but Judge Landau concludes the session for the day (00:22:01). All rise as the judges exit (00:23:44). Eichmann is shown leaving the booth (00:23:56). Shots of the courtroom as the audience files out.
    Film Title
    Eichmann Trial
    Duration
    00:23:57
    Date
    Event:  1961 July 07
    Production:  1961 July 07
    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
    00:00:36:00 to 00:24:33:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2122 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2122 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2122 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2122 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2122 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2122 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2122 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2122 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    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
    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.
    Copied From
    2" Quad
    Film Source
    Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2390
    Source Archive Number: VTEI 143
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:31:44
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