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Eichmann Trial -- Session 107 -- Eichmann talks about arrests, Jews, and the Wannsee Conference

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.197 | Film ID: 2197

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    Eichmann Trial -- Session 107 -- Eichmann talks about arrests, Jews, and the Wannsee Conference

    Overview

    Description
    Session 107. The Attorney General Hausner is seated alone - the rest of the court, including the Judges, the Defense, and Eichmann, are out. They slowly return to their spots. 00:04:58 The Judges return and they open Session 107. Eichmann is reminded he is under oath. Eichmann is asked about the testimony of a previous witness, asking if he gave a speech to the imprisoned Jews telling them that the water was unfit to drink. He answers that he never gave any such speech, but contaminated water was a normal occurrence at the camps. He then talks, at length, about the arrest of priest Dean Grueber and his being sent to a concentration camp.

    00:24:44 Questions about the "literature children" lead to a discussion about Bradfisch, who was at the time the head of the State Police. Eichmann is asked about a comment of his in the Sassen memoirs concerning that he watched the Jews being loaded onto the trains. Eichmann pauses, then says he can't remember ever seeing that. Eichmann is asked if he sensationalized pieces of those memoirs, and he says that he did.

    00:36:30 Eichmann is asked about his comments concerning the Wannsee Conference and the decisions concerning the exterminations of the Jews. Eichmann says that it was only semi-official, with plenty of drinks and speaking out of turn, though it was not an atmosphere of drunkards. Eichmann says that the discussion on how to exterminate the Jews was not included in the records of the Conference, and it was discussed that they should work to not give anxiety to the general public. Tape ends abruptly long into this discussion.

    This tape probably includes the parts missing from Tape 2195, which has a jump in footage.
    Film Title
    Eichmann Trial
    Duration
    00:51:55
    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
    00:00:34:00 to 00:52:29:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2197 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2197 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2197 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2197 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2197 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2197 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2197 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2197 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: 2472
    Source Archive Number: VTEI 110
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:46:35
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