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War Crimes Trial: Franz Strasser

Film | Accession Number: 2002.541.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3550 | Film ID: 2514

Summary: Austrian Franz Strasser is tried for the murder of Lt E Warren Woodruff and an unknown airman. His testimony is in German. Cpl. Henry Halperin is the interpreter for all witnesses; Sgt. Sessler interprets for Franz Strasser. The six-officer Army Military Commission included Capt. Victor Miles, Lt. Harvey Szanger, and Col. Raymond E. Zickel.

Reel 4: Prosecutor reading (incomplete). Commission, defense listening; courtroom views; Strasser testifying (mismatched track; picture goes black). Prosecutor questioning Strasser; pan between defense, prosecution. Pusch testifying (sound is mismatched). Strasser, interpreters hearing verdict, sentenced to hanging. Commissioners leaving; Strasser sitting at table, unemotional.


Duration
00:13:39
Date
Event:  1945 August 24
Locale
Dachau, 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: US Army Air Force, BPR
Subject: Raymond E. Zickel
Biography
Colonel Raymond Ernst Zickel became a reserve officer in 1922 during World War I, entered service as a major in June 1941, and graduated from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, KS. He went to England in September 1943, and then to France in August 1944 as commanding officer of the 307th Quartermaster Battalion. After participating in action in northern France, the Rhineland, the Battle of the Bulge, and Germany, Colonel Zickel was assigned to the first military commission to sit at the Dachau camp. He returned to the United States in November 1945 where he practiced as a lawyer. Zickel was on active military duty in California ready to deploy to Korea when he passed away at 51.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
05:35:22:00 to 05:49:01:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2514 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2514 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 May 2002.
Note
AAFCS caption sheet available at NARA. For transcript, see NARA RG-153: Records of the JAG (Army), International Affairs Division, War Crimes Branch, Case 8-27.
See also Stories 3547-3550, Film ID 2514 and Stories 3551-3554, Film ID 2515 for more footage of this trial.
Copied From
DBVT (35mm MPC); b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 3703
Source Archive Number: 18 CS 4604 R4

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain.
 
Record last modified: 2020-08-04 09:21:16
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