Overview
- Description
- 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 3: Pusch testifying. Defense attorneys addressing Commission. Pusch testifying; Strasser listening; Reichl testifying; defense listening. Commissioners, including Judge Col. Raymond E. Zickel sitting the second from the right at 01:22:39 and 01:22:48. Back view, behind Strasser; prosecutor swearing him in; Commissioners; Strasser testifying. Reichl, Pusch testifying. Prosecutor questioning. Back view, spectators standing; Commissioners entering, sitting; Strasser, Sessler, Halperin standing before Commission for sentencing. Strasser listening at defense table; Pusch testifying; camera crew moving behind them, taking pictures of crowd. - Duration
- 00:10:26
- Date
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Event:
1945 August 24
- Locale
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Dachau,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
US Army Air Force, BPR
Subject: Raymond E. Zickel
- Biography
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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.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:21:06:00 to 01:31:32:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2515 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2515 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2515 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2515 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2515 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2515 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2515 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2515 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
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Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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 MPS); b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3706
Source Archive Number: 18 CS 4604A R3 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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- 2024-02-21 07:50:16
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