Overview
- Description
- Sentencing of Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, October 1946. MS, Hermann Goering, Baldur von Schirach, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl, Rudolf Hess, sitting in prisoners' dock listening to testimony. Hess taken ill leaves prisoners' dock. Shots of English and US prosecution tables. Scenes of Justice Kravechenko (Russian), reading statement from bench. Pan of prisoners' dock and courtroom as voice of Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence (British) is heard speaking about the SS, slave labor, experiments on human beings, consolidating power, and creating the first concentration camps. "Goering claims that his purposes have been misunderstood, but admits that we would have used Russia for our purposes, and participated in the conference...when it was decided that no occupied countries would be left." The SS was able to procure funds for human experiments from the government. The extermination of the Jews was carried out by the SS. Court adjourns. MS of Erich Raeder, Fritz Sauckel, Hess, Goering, von Ribbentrop, in dock. Justice Francis Biddle enumerates Ribbentrop's actions and participation in important decision-makings, states what he claims in his defense, but in conclusion, states that the court finds Ribbentrop guilty on all 4 counts. In French, Keitel's case is presented, his pledge for attenuating circumstances because receiving superior orders as a military officer is rejected. He is guilty under all 4 counts. Camera on prisoners' dock as Justice Lawrence speaks about the defendant, Ernst Kaltenbrunner. Kaltenbrunner is found guilty of counts 1,3 and 4.
- Duration
- 00:09:56
- Date
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Event:
1946 October 01
- Locale
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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
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 03:00:02:00 to 03:09:58:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2527 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2527 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2527 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2527 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2527 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2527 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2527 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2527 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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- COURTS/COURTROOMS FORCED LABOR GAULEITER GERMANY GOERING, HERMANN HESS, RUDOLF JEWS JODL, ALFRED JUDGES KALTENBRUNNER, ERNST KEITEL, WILHELM MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS NAZI OFFICIALS NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL) PROSECUTORS RAEDER, ERICH RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON SAUCKEL, FRITZ SCHIRACH, BALDUR VON SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL) TRIALS WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
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
- See also Story 3611, Film ID 2527 for footage of the same scene of Ribbentrop verdict but from a different perspective.
- Copied From
- 35mm FGMC; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3760
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 10005 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:44:25
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