Krupp Company Meeting - December 1943

Recorded Sound | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.401 | RG Number: RG-91.2564

Overview

Description: Recording of the meeting of Krupp company supervisory board on December 15, 1943, when Alfried Krupp became the sole proprietor of the enterprise. The disc labels include the date December 15, 1943 and "I Krupp 39. Aufsichtsratsitzung" and "II Krupp 39. Aufsichtsratsitzuug."

This recording was found as a space filler in a crate containing the collection of audio recordings of the International Military Tribunal in the Peace Palace in The Hague and was digitized as part of the USHMM and Mémorial de la Shoah cooperative project. It is not a part of the official Archives of the Trial.

While preparing for the Nuremberg Trial, the prosecutor made what appears to be a significant error and put on the list of defendants the father, Gustav Krupp, instead of Alfried. When they realized that they not only indicted the wrong person but also that Gustav was probably less responsible for war crimes (and also sick and unfit to stand the trial), they wanted to replace Gustav with Alfried. Jackson in particular pushed very hard for it almost to the beginning of the trial. The judges did not allow it. It is likely that this recording of the meeting was part of evidence gathered for this purpose, probably in order to convince the Tribunal.
Date: Recorded: 1943 December 15
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Physical Details

Language: German
Genre/Form: Unedited. Trial and arbitral proceedings.

Rights & Restrictions

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Copyright: Copyright Undetermined
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Keywords & Subjects

Personal Name: Krupp, Alfried, 1907-1967.

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Recorded Sound Provenance: The archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal were entrusted to the International Court of Justice by a decision of the Tribunal on October 1, 1946. The archives were transported to the Peace Palace, where representatives of the Tribunal and the staff of the Court took delivery of them on March 14, 1950. The Nuremberg Archives consist of the films presented as evidence during the trial, written documents, and gramophone disc recordings of the hearings. The UN, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Memorial de la Shoah, cooperatively digitized the film, audio, and microfilm components of the Nuremberg Archives in an agreement signed in July 2017. The 4,370 digital transfers from the original 16" aluminum Presto Instantaneous Discs were received in two batches (December 2018 and September 2019).
Recorded Sound Source: International Court of Justice
Mémorial de la Shoah, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine
File Number: Source Archive Number: Krupp-I-1-A
Source Archive Number: Krupp-I-2-A
Source Archive Number: Krupp-II-1-A
Source Archive Number: Krupp-II-2-A
Source Archive Number: Krupp-II-2-B

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