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(Paris 519) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 23, 1946. US Capt. Drexel A. Sprecher addressing the Tribunal in the case against Hans Fritzsche. Tribunal and court members leaving the courtroom for adjournment. MCU, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Lt. Gen. Lucian Truscott sitting in the courtroom balcony. (Railing covers their faces.) Rear view of Capt. Sprecher reading a document written by Fritzsche about German broadcast propaganda. MS, court stenographers at work during the trial.

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(Paris 525) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 25, 1946. Dr. Otto Nelte, counsel for Keitel, protesting the partial document in evidence. French prosecutor Dubost addressing the court. Maurice Lampe, former inmate of Mauthausen, testifies in French. Lampe reports that he saw German high officials several times in Mauthausen, but did not know who they were. He then recounts the assassination of 400 Soviet officers from Sachsenhausen.

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09:19:05 (Paris 525) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 25, 1946. Maurice Lampe, 46 year old former inmate of Mauthausen, testifying in French. MS, Justice Biddle making notes. Pan to Justice Lawrence, Justice Birkett, and the Russian justices. Pan back to witness. 09:23:28 Homma Trial, 28th Day, Manila, Philippines, February 11, 1945. MLS, Gen. Masaharu Homma enters courtroom and sits at the defense table. MS, Maj. John H. Skeen, Chief Defense Counsel, and Gen. Homma conversing. HS, MLS, courtroom. MLS, Commission members enter and take their seats. Maj. Gen. Leo Donovan readin...

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(Paris 550) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 11, 1946. MS, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Rosenberg, and other prisoners in the dock. Defense counselors in FG. LS, ex-Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus giving evidence regarding the preparation of waging aggressive war on Russia. (testimony in German) LS, prisoners' dock and defense attorneys in court during the trial. Good MSs, von Paulus testifying.

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Liberation of Buchenwald, the Nazi concentration camp in Germany. MCUs, Trucks lined up outside of camp, French prisoners getting out and standing beside trucks, waiting to go home; trucks leaving camp with prisoners waving and signing. HASs prisoners walking around camp and courtyard. MCUs, MSs, pile of corpses, funeral wreaths of pine and ribbon hanging on each side of window. MLS, MS, flags erected by Czechoslovakian prisoners; memorial made by prisoners and erected in memory of the 51,000 dead from the KLB (Konzentrations Lager Buchenwald). MCUs, prisoner behind barbed wire sleeping on ...

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• 1945
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Destruction, ruins, rubble in Mainz. CU, sign reading "Zu den Bahnsteigen." Railroad debris. CU, sign reading "Bingerbrueck." US soldiers walking towards camera. Shots of airplane, soldier inspecting. Factory.

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Members of US and British press interviewing Hermann Goering sitting under a shade tree. Correspondents listening and taking notes and photographs.

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VE Day in Heidelberg, Germany. 6th Army Group and 1st Tactical Air Force at mass on VE Day. INT, cathedral, priest making the sign of the cross, celebrating mass. Germans gathered outside of cathedral watching soldiers and officers leaving service. Gen. Robert Morris Webster and Gen. Ned Sohramm leaving cathedral, walking to their cars. Webster and Sohramm entering cathedral, followed by officers and enlisted men of the 6th Army Group and 1st Tactical Air Force. Servicemen presenting arms, marching, and parade rest. Germans watching parade. INT of cathedral with group standing as prayer is ...

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VE Day in Heidelberg, Germany. 6th Army Group and 1st Tactical Air Force at mass on VE Day. INT, cathedral, priest making the sign of the cross, celebrating mass. Germans gathered outside of cathedral watching soldiers and officers leaving service. Gen. Robert Morris Webster and Gen. Ned Sohramm leaving cathedral, walking to their cars. Webster and Sohramm entering cathedral, followed by officers and enlisted men of the 6th Army Group and 1st Tactical Air Force. Servicemen presenting arms, marching, and parade rest. Germans watching parade. INT of cathedral with group standing as prayer is ...

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Members of US and British press interviewing Hermann Goering sitting under a shade tree. Correspondents listening and taking notes and photographs.

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Repatriation of Russian POWs in Bari and Florence, Italy. Reel 1: Airplane at Bari airport, Russians departing, lining up in double columns and marching. Inspecting airplane. Russian POWs boarding truck to repatriation camp, receiving mess kits. Men entering and leaving Russian orderly room. MCU, sign: "Orderly Room" in English and Russian. Russians entering and leaving recreation hall, star over entrance. Men entering and leaving shower room. Men cleaning up yards and sweeping living quarters. Back view of Russians sitting in group, officer delivering latest war news from European map. Men...

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Repatriation of Russian POWs in Bari and Florence, Italy. Reel 2: Bari: Russian guard, standing at entrance to company street, wearing helmet with USSR emblem, holding rifle, bayonet, and snapping to attention. CU USSR armband. Trucks loaded with Russians pulling into the camp, forming double line. American officer directing men in sign language and in German. POWs receiving blankets and mess kits. Russians marching down company street breaking off in sixes, entering tents. Russians standing in formation, girl in GI clothing, Mongolian removing hat. Six Russians with belongings entering ten...

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Repatriation of Russian POWs in Bari and Florence, Italy. Reel 3: Former POWs receiving pay from American and Russian officers. Russians entering American dispensary and at outdoor amphitheater. Sign reading: "USSR Repatriation Camp, 2616 Repatriation Unit." MLS, guard at camp entrance. Florence: Russians marching to railroad station and down street entering railroad yard and boarding trains. Women leaving trucks. Pan across Russians lined up at encampment in old German clothing. American officers separating officers from enlisted men. CUs, Russian officers and enlisted men. Sign: "Russian ...

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Repatriation of Russian POWs in Bari and Florence, Italy. Reel 4: Bari: display of pharmaceutical supplies, Russians receiving supplies. Trucks loaded with Russians leaving camp. Men entering and leaving supply house with bags and new clothing. Russians playing cards, others watching. Officer explaining bulletin board to group. Men shaving, combing beard, mustache, and hair. Young Russian soldier laying out new clothing and supplies. Men entering shower room after discarding old clothing, admiring new clothing and disposing old clothing. Train pulling into siding, Russians departing, lining...

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Repatriation of Russian POWs in Bari and Florence, Italy. Reel 5: Russians seated on ground. Officer leaning against tree leading group in song. Marching and singing.

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Repatriation of Russian POWs in Bari and Florence, Italy. Reel 6: Back view of Russians at entertainment show, US sergeant introducing female Italian singer, dancer, and juggler. Singing "Indian Love Call." Russian lieutenant drilling the men.

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• 1942
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Wilno: pre-war views. Architectural landmarks. VS of narrow, curved streets. Cemetery on the outskirts of town where Marshal Pilsudski's heart is buried. Arabian horses in Janow. Narrated by Eva Curie.

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Sessions 30 and 31. The Court is not in session. Presiding Judge Moshe Landau opens Session 30, and asks Attorney General Gideon Hausner to present the Prosecution's position on the evidence of Hoettl and Huppenkothen. Hausner explains that the Prosecution does not consider either man to be a war criminal; therefore, both witnesses are allowed to enter Israel without threat of arrest. A blip at 00:05:18. Exhibit T/384 is submitted, and Hausner concludes with his evidence for Poland and the Eastern countries. State Attorney Gabriel Bach will present the witnesses and evidence for the Western...

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Session 32. George Wellers is testifying for the Prosecution. He is discussing the transport of 1000 French children, in four transports from Beaune-la-Rolande and Pithiviers transit camps (from these transit camps Jews were then transported to the killing centers in occupied Poland). The children were accompanied by 200 adults. They arrived at the camp by bus. Wellers discussing the transport beginning at 5am. He describes the children, scared and often crying, as they were forced onto railcars and sent to Auschwitz. He says he never saw these children at Auschwitz. 00:04:04 Session 38. Mo...

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Session 32. Iranian Jews are being discussed in the reading of a document into the record by the Prosecution. This document includes Iranian Jews who practice other faiths in the extermination, to be treated the same as the Jews of Europe. The document is signed by Eichmann. 00:03:54 A document is being read into the record by the Prosecution, signed by Eichmann, saying that as soon as transports were possible from the General Government area, children are to be included. Six transports of children are to be sent. 00:05:37 Tape jumps. George Wellers is brought in as a witness, asked to cove...