Overview
- Description
- (Munich 619) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 1 (Medical Case), Nuremberg, Germany. Sentencing of defendants in the Nuremberg "Medical Trial." Most are sentenced to death by hanging or life imprisonment. Slate reads: "Army Pictorial Division. War Crimes Trials. Sentencing. 20 Aug. Last 700. Case #1. CAM 369, MAG 522. Nuremberg War Crimes Trials: "Medical Case" "
MHSs, defendants individually step into prisoners' dock to hear sentencing (expressionless faces). Camera remains on defendants as voice of presiding judge is heard sentencing each one. Sentences are handed down by the court: Karl Brandt (Hitler's personal physician): Death by hanging. Led into box; MP at each side; MP places headphones on Brandt's head; very serious, stiff and expressionless; smoothes back hair when headphone is removed. Siegfried Handloser: life imprisonment. Enters courtroom, fidgets with headphone. Oskar Schroeder: life imprisonment. CU, MS, MP cap, young boys. Karl Genzken: life imprisonment. Blinks. CU, Karl Gebhardt (Himmler's personal physician): breathing quickly. Death by hanging. Rudolf Brandt: Death by hanging. Soldier hesitates, reaches to move earphones awkwardly. Brandt closes his eyes; no movement, turns to go. Joachim Mrugowsky: Death by hanging. Looks briefly at soldier. Helmut Poppendik: 10 years imprisonment. Wolfram Sievers: Death by hanging. Gerhard Rose (with goatee): life imprisonment. Viktor Brack: Death by hanging. Hermann Becker-Freysung: Twenty years imprisonment (camera cuts off before last sentence is pronounced). - Duration
- 00:10:36
- Date
-
Event:
1947 August 20
Production: 1947 August
- Locale
-
Nuremberg,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
US Army Pictorial Services
Camera Operator: Stirk
Sound Contributor: Pottratz
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:35:16:00 to 01:45:52:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 231 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 232 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 233 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 231 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 232 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 233 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 231 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 232 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 233 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 231 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 232 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 233 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 232 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 232 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 232 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 232 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- BRACK, VICTOR BRANDT, KARL BRANDT, RUDOLF COURTS/COURTROOMS DOCTORS GENZKEN, KARL GERMANY HANDLOSER, SIEGFRIED JUDGES MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS MEDICAL PERSONNEL NAZI OFFICIALS NUREMBERG (SUBSEQUENT TRIALS) POPPENDICK, HELMUT ROSE, GERHARD SIEVERS, WOLFRAM SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL) TRIALS WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in October 1991. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
- Note
- Trial transcripts available in the departmental files.
See Film ID 2 for duplicate footage. - Copied From
- 35mm; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2441
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 6565 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:48:18
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