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Testimony re: Hitler's death, Horstenau testifies at Nuremberg Trial

Film | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2979 | Film ID: 2381

23:37:34 (Munich 275) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, June 12, 1946. LS, US prosecutor Thomas J. Dodd asking unidentified witness whether he was present at Hitler's death. HMS, Dodd asking witness if he wasn't the man who carried Hitler's body to the bunker and set it on fire. Witness actually testifies that he carried Hitler's wife out of the bunker and saw Hitler's body wrapped in a blanket. Asked whether he actually saw Hitler, he answers no, he could only see his legs hanging out of the blanket, which was a bit too short to cover the whole body.

23:40:30 (Munich 224) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, June 12-13, 1946. Scenes of Gustav Steinbauer, defense attorney for Seyss-Inquart, examining Edmund Glatse Horstenau. (English is interpreted on soundtrack). Witness is questioned about the Austrian plebiscite.


Duration
00:07:11
Date
Event:  June 12-13, 1946
Locale
Nuremberg, Germany
Language
English
German
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
23:37:34:00 to 23:44:45:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2381 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 2381 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 2381 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 2381 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2381 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2381 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2381 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 2381 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
Copied From
35mm MPC; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 3164
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 6058

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:03:31
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