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Eichmann Trial -- Session 107 -- End of Eichmann's testimony and affidavits from abroad

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.196 | Film ID: 2196

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    Eichmann Trial -- Session 107 -- End of Eichmann's testimony and affidavits from abroad

    Overview

    Description
    Session 107. Tape begins midsentence with Eichmann explaining the circumstances of his being awarded a medal. (Duplicate material on Tape 2195.) The Attorney General Haunser asks a last question about a segment of the Sassen memoirs that was previously read. He asks Eichmann to read the sentences following what he previously read concerning Eichmann's zeal to complete his orders dealing with the Jewish people being a "guest nation" inside the German "host nation". Dr. Servatius ends his questioning. 00:11:26 Court adjourns for a 20 minute break. Various shots of the crowd milling about.

    00:14:40 Tape resumes after a fade-out and slate with the defense, prosecution, and Eichmann returning to the courtroom. Eichmann and Dr. Servatius talk via the microphones and headsets, they seem to have some technical difficulties. 00:19:38 The Judges enter, court resumes. Dr. Servatius attempts to submit a timetable of Eichmann's transfer to Berlin, but he is not allowed and recreates the timetable using questions to Eichmann. Eichmann goes through the dates of which things happened, as asked by Dr. Servatius. 00:32:30 Hausner argues with Eichmann over whether or not this timetable was reconstructed using documents, not memory. Eichmann insists it is from memory only.

    00:34:39 Eichmann finishes his testimony. Dr. Servatius begins with statements from abroad with an affidavit saying that nothing would indicate that Eichmann had any more power than any other department head, and that the Final Solution was given to them at the Wansee Conference by Hitler and accepted as an irrevocable decision, and Eichmann did not add anything that was not already in the plan. 00:48:00 The Prosecution begins to read selections from the same affidavit. It says that Eichmann's department had a special status, and had a larger jurisdiction than other departments. It also said that Eichmann was a true believer in National Socialism and that one could transfer out of the organization if they wanted to. 00:55:10 Tape freezes, then goes to a slate, and ends.
    Film Title
    Eichmann Trial
    Duration
    00:54:35
    Date
    Event:  1961 July 24
    Production:  1961 July 24
    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
    00:00:54:00 to 00:55:29:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2196 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2196 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2196 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2196 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2196 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2196 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2196 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2196 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: 2471
    Source Archive Number: VTEI 251
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:46:34
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