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Eichmann Trial -- Session 97 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.157 | Film ID: 2157

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    Eichmann Trial -- Session 97 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    Overview

    Description
    There is visual interference throughout the footage.

    Footage begins in the latter portion of Session 97 at the end of a discussion on an apology sent to Eichmann by the Foreign Ministry for actions taken in unoccupied France concerning Jews without his consultation.

    Footage cuts (00:02:39 to 00:02:50) Attorney General Gideon Hausner cross examines the accused about the agreement between Theodor Danneker and Alexander Belev to deport Bulgarian Jews reached after Dannecker had received authorization from Eichmann to draw up the agreement (00:04:35). Belev was the Jewish Commissar for the Bulgarian Government. Eichmann replies that based on the documents this is correct but that Dannecker went to Bulgaria based on instructions from Heinrich Müller and Luther. Dr. Servatius interrupts cross examination, asking the court to request that Hausner ask relevant questions to the accused (00:06:56). Judge Landau tells Servatius that he believes Hausner's questions to be relevant (00:07:38). Cross examination continues. Eichmann is asked whether or not he remembers the agreement (00:10:19) and if it is true that he gave instructions to Dannecker (00:11:46). The accused states that naturally he was involved in this matter (00:12:24). Hausner presents a document noting a telephone conversation between him and Dannecker (00:12:53) but Eichmann testifies that the conversation could only have been a notification from Dannecker that an agreement had been reached (00:13:31). Hausner proceeds with the examination, asking Eichmann if he was satisfied with the agreement (00:14:51) and why there was a paragraph within the agreement stating that the Bulgarian Government would not ask for the Jews to be returned (00:16:23). Eichmann's answer is that it simply meant that "the responsible parties in the Reich attached importance to no Jew who had been deported from some country - in this case Bulgaria - being able to come back again and telling what he had experienced and seen" (00:18:05). Hausner states that he knew that the Jews being deported were going to extermination camps and it was therefore impossible to bring them back and that is why the notation was in the agreement (00:18:38).

    A letter with a note by Franz Rademacher stating "Eichmann proposes shooting" is presented by Hausner (00:21:18). Rademacher was an official of the Foreign Office heading department D III, the so-called Jewish desk. The accused states that the document reflects Rademacher's poor documentation of facts (00:22:09) and acknowledges that the document is in Rademacher's handwriting (00:24:58). Hausner asks why Rademacher would write this statement (00:25:07) and Eichmann states that it was merely a correction Rademacher made to the document so that he would not be punished by Ernst von Weizäcker, an official in the Foreign Office (00:25:43). There is a discussion on the date in which the correction was made and about a telephone conversation between the accused and Rademacher during which Eichmann is said to have ordered shootings. Hausner notes that Rademacher had been surprised by the accused's proposal to shoot the Serbian Jews (00:30:25). Eichmann denies the allegation and suggests that the document is a forgery.

    Footage cuts (00:35:25) The camera focuses on Servatius talking to an unidentified man. The prosecution including Hausner, Bach, and Bar-Or are seen leaving the courtroom.
    Film Title
    Eichmann Trial
    Duration
    00:35:06
    Date
    Event:  1961 July 14
    Production:  1961 July 14
    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
    00:00:51:00 to 00:35:57:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2157 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2157 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2157 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2157 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2157 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2157 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2157 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2157 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.

    Keywords & Subjects

    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: 2426
    Source Archive Number: VTEI 240
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:31:06
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