Barbie Trial -- Day 9 -- A witness testifies and is questioned
Overview
- Description
- 14:54 The witness, Michel Thomas, recounts his escape from the Milles deportation camp in September 1942, his subsequent arrival in Lyon in order to recruit Resistance members, and his presence at the UGIF on the day of the raid in February 1943, where he had gone to recruit young Jews into the Resistance
15:02 The witness comments on the Swiss authorities' lack of help or protection toward Jews fleeing France
15:03 The witness recounts his memory of the UGIF raid
15:09 The witness recalls his encounter with Barbie
15:20 The witness implores Cerdini to compel Barbie to appear before him in court
15:20 Cerdini questions the witness as to the circumstances of his liberation from the raid
15:22 Cerdini asks the witness to specify the clothing and organization of the executors of the raid; the witness recalls that they were clearly Gestapo members
15:25 The witness explains how he realized that the man he had encountered during the raid was actually Barbie; he saw his photograph in Time magazine in 1972; the witness' confrontation with the accused in 1983, and the means by which the witness was able to identify him in person
15:36 Defense attorney Vergès asks the witness to provide the names of people he knew who were arrested in the UGIF raid; he asks for the names of people with whom he established a system of surveillance after his release from the UGIF raid; he asks for the names of his contacts at the UGIF; the witness cannot provide names
15:45 Vergès asks the witness whether, during his hour-and-a-half with his interrogator (whom he claims was Barbie), his interrogator asked him about his accent when he speaks French; the witness replies that in that era, he did not have an accent, and that he has developed it since moving to the United States
15:49 Vergès asks the witness whether he has a relationship with prosecutor Ryan; the witness replies that they had one long conversation
15:51 Vergès questions the witness as to why he left the French Army and joined the U.S. Army during the war; Cerdini interjects that the question is irrelevant to the trial
15:53 President Cerdini suspends the hearing - Film Title
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Proces de Klaus Barbie
- Duration
- 01:00:59
- Date
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Event:
1987 May 21
- 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
- 14:53:50:00 to 15:54:49:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 3973 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3973 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3973 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3973 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
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- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
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- Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
- Conditions on Use
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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: 5862
Source Archive Number: 80042 [8 AV 43] - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:57:25
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