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Eichmann Trial -- Session 98 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.161 | Film ID: 2161

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    Eichmann Trial -- Session 98 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    Overview

    Description
    Footage begins in the middle of Session 98. Cross examination of the accused continues with Attorney General Gideon Hausner questioning Eichmann about his refusal to allow parcels to be sent to Jewish deportees in the General Government from their relatives in the Reich. Eichmann replies that there was nothing he could have done on his own initiative (00:01:14). Hausner continues, asking Eichmann why this matter concerned him and if he had to receive instructions from Heinrich Müller, head of Section IV (Gestapo) of the Reich Main Security Office, first (00:03:28). After giving insufficient answers, Judge Landau angrily tells Eichmann to stop and answer the question (00:05:52). Eichmann's refusal to give his opinion to Müller and his superiors is discussed at length (00:06:57). Hausner asks Eichmann why, if he was such an insufficient and useless official, did Müller boast that if they had fifty Eichmann's they would have won the war against the Soviet Union, England, and France (00:11:39) and Heinrich Himmler had said that they were sending "the master" to Hungary (00:15:35). Judge Halevi asks the accused why he did not use the section head's right to make decisions and give order if he was a section head (00:17:27). This entire segment is duplicate footage found on Tape 2159 (from 00:27:52 to 00:47:53).

    Footage cuts (00:20:31 to 00:20:34) A large portion of the session is missing. Footage resumes with questions concerning Eichmann's role in orders being sent to Zichenau for the extermination of Jews. Hausner asks the accused what these Jews had done to deserve a public hanging in Zichenau (00:22:33) and whether ever order for executing Jews went through the accused (00:24:33). This segment is duplicate footage also found on Tape 2160 (from 00:09:57 to 00:14:19)

    Footage cuts (00:24:57 to 00:25:00) A small section of the proceeding is missing from the tape. Footage resumes with Eichmann being asked if he was considered the official channel through which Himmler passed on orders to the State Police and received confirmation that the hangings had been carried out. Eichmann testifies that this was not always the case, that Müller was sometimes the channel. When asked why he dealt with these matters and not department IVC2, Eichmann replies that he does not know. This segment is duplicate footage found on Tape 2160 (from 00:17:47 to 00:20:30)

    Footage cuts (00:27:53) Some of the session is missing and footage resumes later in the proceeding. Eichmann replies to questions regarding sending Jews from the Reich to Litzmannstadt/Łódź. There is a commotion in the courtroom and Judge Landau tells the guards to remove a man from the audience because he is shouting (00:28:35). The camera cuts to a man in the audience being taken out of the courtroom by guards (00:28:43). The English translator is heard saying that the man pointed to a concentration camp number on his arm and shouted "you dog, you dog." The camera turns back to the proceeding and shows shot of Hausner and Eichmann as a passage read by Hausner is translated. This segment is duplicate footage also found on Tape 2160 (from 01:02:08 to 01:06:14) and Tape 2162 (from 00:00:08 to 00:04:06).
    Film Title
    Eichmann Trial
    Duration
    00:30:37
    Date
    Event:  1961 July 17
    Production:  1961 July 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
    00:00:24:00 to 00:31:01:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2161 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2161 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2161 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2161 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2161 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2161 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2161 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2161 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
    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: 2430
    Source Archive Number: VTEI 343
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:43:55
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