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Field Marshal von Paulus testifies at Nuremberg Trial

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2831 | Film ID: 2348

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    Field Marshal von Paulus testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    Overview

    Description
    (Paris 552) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 13, 1946. MLSs, ex-Field Marshal von Paulus on the witness stand. MS, defendants in prisoners' dock. LSs, three defense counselors speaking in the courtroom (one is Dr. Fritz Sauter, talking in German). Attorney questions von Paulus about his strong reserves "against such an enterprise" ("gegen ein solches Vorhaben", probably referring to an attack on Russia). Von Paulus testifies his reserves were of a military as well as a moral nature and were shared also by Generalstabschef Halder, his direct superior, to whom he talked about them. The attorney reproaches him for not doing anything against the plans to invade Russia if he considered them a "verbrecherischen Ueberfall." He asks von Paulus why he chose to follow the call to duty ("Gehorsam") and accept the order to lead the the Army into the battle of Stalingrad (and not surrendering, either). Von Paulus responds that at the time when he accepted the order, he did not and could not have predicted the scope of it all. He said he acted upon the desire to serve his country. LS, former General of the German V Army Corps, Erich Buchenhagen, testifying. Buchenhagen talks about military cooperation agreements with Finland and Norway, meetings in Berlin, Munich, and Salzburg in which Keitel and Jodl participated.
    Duration
    00:08:46
    Date
    Event:  1946 February 13
    Locale
    Nuremberg, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    10:19:20:00 to 10:28:06:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2348 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2348 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2348 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2348 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2348 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2348 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2348 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2348 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
    Copied From
    35mm FGMC; b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2984
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5787
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:30:41
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