Barbie Trial -- Day 5 -- The Izieu Telex
Overview
- Description
- 17:40 An argument between several lawyers from the prosecution and defense ensues because President Cerdini allows defense lawyer Vergès to handle the Telex D'Izieu and remove it from its protective plastic. Several lawyers become very upset, because they are afraid Vergès will tear or otherwise destroy the evidence
17:43 A prosecutor asks that the Telex be examined by the jurors and civil parties; explains why it was necessary to remove it from the plastic (because it was difficult to read some of the text through the covering)
17:51 President Cerdini reads a written statement from Barbie, in which he denies the authenticity of the Telex-- there is no handwritten signature on the Telex, and it has been glued to a postcard of a British island
17:53 Prosecutor Nogueres speaks to the document's authenticity
17:54 Cerdini notes that the Telex bears a French stamp dated April 6, 1944; explains the use of the Izieu Telex in the Nuremberg Trials, and notes that at Nuremberg its authenticity was researched
18:02 A clerk reads a letter dated April 13, 1944 and written by a priest near Izieu
18:05 Prosecutor Libman refutes Barbie's arguments that he had nothing to do with the Izieu raid; defense prosecutor Vergès rolls his eyes
18:15 Lawyer Klarsfeld explains that there is a copy of the Telex in the International Criminal Court at The Hague, as well as two other copies that have been in archives since 1946, and that they all perfectly match the Telex admitted in court here
18:18 Lawyer Jakubowicz argues that one of Barbie's collaborators, Mr. Palk, gave testimony implicating Barbie in the Izieu affair
18:19 Defense lawyer Vergès discusses Barbie's deposition in which he said the Telex had been forged, but did not have the money (to pay for an expert opinion and the court would not pay for it
18:21 Prosecutor Libman opines that Barbie certainly had the money to pay for an expert opinion
18:24 Lawyer Rappaport argues that the authenticity of the Telex has been well-researched; Klarsfeld argues that it should be authenticated by German authorities who have experience doing so
18:26 Defense lawyer Vergès says that this is an inappropriate moment to make judgements about the authenticity of the document
18:26 President Cerdini asks for concluding remarks; a lawyer for the prosecution (Nordmann) replies that the prosecution will deliver its remarks at the next proceedings
18:26 Cerdini oversees the public sealing of the documents admitted into evidence
18:43 Cerdini calls a recess - Film Title
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Proces de Klaus Barbie
- Duration
- 01:00:46
- Date
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Event:
1987 May 15
- Locale
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Lyon,
France
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Daniel Borgeot
Subject:
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 17:37:53:00 to 18:38:39:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 3957 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3957 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3957 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3957 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
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- Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
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- Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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
- 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: 5846
Source Archive Number: 80026 [8 AV 27] - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:57:21
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