Barbie Trial -- Day 12 -- Bailiff introduces witnesses; lawyers demand Barbie's presence in court; recess; Lanfranchi testifies

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.516.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4544 | Film ID: 2813

Overview

Description: Bailiff introduces witnesses who will testify on Day 12 (May 26, 1987); they stand before the court. The trial is suspended for ten minutes at 13:53:23; tape recording stops and skips to real time 14:03:12 where judges re-enter court. Lawyers plead for Klaus Barbie's presence in the courtroom. Jacques Verges, Barbie's attorney, demands that Barbie remain in prison which is his legal right. The judges recess to make a decision at 14:14:22 [14:24:05 real time]; tape recording stops again and skips to real time 14:48:52. The judges return to the courtroom and report that Barbie will be forced to appear in court and face his victims [14:52 real time].

Fortune Lanfranchi testifies at 14:21 [14:55 real time]. He speaks about his arrest as a member of the Resistance, the Gestapo prison Montluc, interrogation, and transport to Dachau.
Film Title: Proces de Klaus Barbie
Duration: 01:00:50
Date: Event: 1987 May 26
Production: 1987 May 26
Locale: Lyon, France
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
Contributor: Producer: Daniel Borgeot
Subject:

Language: French
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Color
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 13:40:19:00 to 14:41:09:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2813 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 2813 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 2813 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 2813 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Preservation
Preservation 2813 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2813 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2813 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2813 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large

Conditions on Access: This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
Copyright: Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
Conditions on Use: Contact Institut National de L'Audiovisuel at internationalsales@ina.fr for permissions and licensing this film footage.
Copyright Holder: Institut National de L'Audiovisuel

Keyword: ARRESTS BARBIE TRIAL COURTS/COURTROOMS DACHAU FRANCE PRISONS RESISTERS/RESISTANCE TORTURE TRIALS VERGES, JACQUES WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection containing 185 hours of the Barbie Trial from the Institut National De L’Audiovisuel in Paris, France in July 2005.
Note: 15:15:00

Time code on screen shows real time on May 26, 1987. Following the multiple recesses, this time code differs from internal tape time code.
Abbreviated transcript with real time code idents available in departmental files.
Copied From: 3/4" Umatic SECAM
Film Source: Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
File Number: Legacy Database File: 4882
Source Archive Number: 80056 [8 AV 57]
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive