Barbie Trial -- Day 9 -- A civil party testifies regarding the UGIF raid and her subsequent deportation
Overview
- Description
- 15:50 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
16:23 Cerdini resumes the hearing and introduces a new witness, Gilberte Jacob née Levy
16:25 The witness testifies; she worked at the UGIF as an assistant at the time of the raid; she recalls working at her desk in the early afternoon, when three men entered and pulled out revolvers; the men were plainclothes Gestapo members; over the course of the next several hours, the two rooms were crammed with upwards of 80 people, and they took all of her possessions besides her clothing; in the early evening, the detainees were forced into trucks and taken to a prison where they were given no food or water for two days, and were then loaded into a cattle train and taken to the Drancy internment camp, north of Paris; the witness describes life in Drancy, with great emotion
16:56 The witness details her deportation from Drancy to Bergen-Belsen; the hygiene conditions at Bergen-Belsen; forced labor in the camp; the smell of the camp's crematory; departure from Bergen-Belsen on the 'train of hostages,' as the English army approached the camp; the train traveled across Germany, and was eventually liberated by the Soviet army; the witness then walked West on foot (about 200 km) and found a unit of the British Army, who helped her to return to France
17:09 Cerdini asks the witness to give further details pertaining to the executors of the UGIF raid
17:11 The witness dedicates her testimony to those with whom she experienced the events of her testimony, who did not survive
17:11 Cerdini asks the clerk to read the deposition of Jacqueline Modier née Rozenfarb
17:12 The clerk reads the witness' deposition; the witness lived in Paris until the Vel d'Hiv raid, when she moved with her family to Lyon; her father was deported to Auschwitz and died there; the witness was present at the UGIF raid, where she unknowingly entered a room and was greeted by a uniformed soldier; the witness recounts the proceedings of the raid; after 9 pm, the witness was released because she had falsified French papers and was younger than 15
17:19 End of tape - Film Title
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Proces de Klaus Barbie
- Duration
- 01:28:28
- 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
- 15:50:00:00 to 17:18:28:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 3974 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3974 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3974 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
Master 3974 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
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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: 5863
Source Archive Number: 80043 [8 AV 44] - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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- 2024-02-21 07:57:26
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