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  1. Defense counselor Marx and Gisevius testimony at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 129) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 27, 1946. HAS, Tribunal. LS, Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence addressing some remarks to defense counselor Dr. Hans Marx. HAS, Dr. Marx at stand as Julius Streicher is heard. HAS, MS, US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson questioning Gisevius. (Gisevius is not visible). 19:28:22 MS, CUs Hermann Goering and Rudolf Hess listening to Gisevius' testimony. 19:28:51 Pan to Jackson continuing his questioning.

  2. Herbert Kaplan papers

    The papers consist of 14 packets of photographs taken of the executions of Hungarian fascist collaborators conducted after the liberation of Hungary. Identifications in Hungarian are written on the bottom of each packet. The film was developed by Filmfabrik Agfa, VEB.

  3. Henry and Grace Dondero photograph collection

    The collection consists of five photographs of the proceedings of the Nazi war crimes trials at Nuremburg and Dachau, Germany; one photograph of refugees on the ship "Medina Yehudit" attempting to enter Haifa, Palestine, on December 3, 1947; and a photograph of a little girl waving Israeli and American flags in front of a kosher butcher store in Pittsburgh, Pa., on July 2, 1948.

  4. Isidore Guttenberg collection

    The notebook was used as an autograph book that contains the signatures of some of the defendants in the International Military Tribunals in Nuremberg, Germany, after World War II. An entry pass for Isidore Guttenberg to the Palce of Justice and a magazine clipping about Nuremberg Prison were added to the collection.

  5. Funk at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 146) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, May 4, 1946. Dr. Fritz Sauter questions his client Dr. Walter Funk. MS, Dr. Funk testifying. (Munich 147) Scenes are same as above. The soundtrack is of translator's voice giving questions and answers in English.

  6. Reading judgment at Nuremberg Trial

    Sentencing of Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, October 1946. Defendants stand and talk to one another (this part is mute). Justice Henri de Vabres (French) reading portion of the judgment. MLS, Chief Prosecutor de Ribes (French) at prosecution table. Pan of other prosecutors. HS, MS, CU, Justice Robert Falco (French) continues with the judgment. Pan of courtroom as people file out. MS, Justice Francis Biddle (US) mentions Stimson's invoking Kellogg Briand Pact, outlawing war as an instrument of policy, etc.

  7. Soviet Union Ministry of Defense propaganda poster

    1. Sybil Milton collection

    Polychrome poster with a caricatured image of a soldier shouldering a bomb and goosestepping toward a group of men dressed in gray uniforms and sitting in a dark cell; "Nuremberg" is printed behind the group of men; a sign shaped like an arrow points toward the men and is labeled "Revenge."

  8. Soviet Union Ministry of Defense propaganda poster

    1. Sybil Milton collection

    Polychrome poster with a caricatured image of three Nazi officials bathing in a helmet-shaped tub with a swastika on the side; a large man wearing a robe, striped pants, and an Iron Cross stands to the side of the helmet; his gaping mouth morphs into a showerhead

  9. Henry C. Senger collection

    Contains a four-page memoir titled "The capture of SS Colonel Commandant Martin Gottfried Weiss the last commandant of Dachau," created in 2003 on the 58th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau. Henry C. Senger describes how he captured the SS Colonel Martin Gottfried Weiss, last commandant of Dachau. Also contains an interview with Mr. Senger published on June 12, 2003, in the "Local" section of a newspaper titled "The Record."

  10. Last day of the Belsen trial

    "Welt im Film": The Anglo-American newsreel series screened in occupied Germany, 1945-1950. Brief shots of a US experimental cable-assisted aircraft demonstration. Last day of the trial of Bergen-Belsen personnel. Preparations at the court in Nuremberg (visited by Robert Jackson) for the opening of the main War Crimes trials. Interior construction work, workers, views of cells and courtyard where prisoners will be allowed to exercise.

  11. Dr. Sievers on the stand at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 345) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, August 8, 1946. Dr. Wolfram Sievers charged with perjury is again put on the stand and questioned by Mr. Jones, a British assistant prosecutor. Sievers is questioned about his earlier given testimony, that he cannot name figures of dead since he had no insight in that. He said that he did not play a part in the creation of the skeleton collection at the University of Frankfurt, but he admits that the skeletons were expected to come from Auschwitz.

  12. Operation of translating system at Nuremberg Trial

    War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, July 1946. SEQ: standing before photo mural of the Nuremberg Trial in session, Commander Steer of the US Navy explains the operation of the Multilingual Simultaneous Interpreting System. (Photography is bad in spots.)

  13. Alfred Rosenberg's "Myth of the Blood" presented at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 483) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 9, 1946. Rear views, prosecution presents evidence of Alfred Rosenberg's "Neo-Pagan Myth of the Blood" to the court. The counsel also discusses the looting of art objects in Nazi-occupied countries, which was a part of Rosenberg's dealings. LS, prisoners' dock during attorney's address to the court.

  14. Dodd speaks about slave labor at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 436) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, December 11, 1945. MS, US prosecutor Thomas J. Dodd continues his indictment of slave labor. MLS, prisoners' dock which now includes the twenty-first prisoner Ernst Kaltenbrunner, as they listen to Dodd's testimony. MS, some of the defendants' lawyers making notes during the address.

  15. Ferencz lecture for Pat Gross of BBC

    Ferencz delivers a private lecture to Pat Gross of BBC. He discusses the precedents created during the Nuremberg Trials: 1) aggression is a crime against peace; 2) crimes against humanity, those that literally shock the conscience of humankind; 3) war crimes, codified in the Hague (1885-1907) and accepted at Nuremberg. Ferencz expresses concern that these principles, that were intended to bring about rational law and order, have been ignored. Aggression continues, genocide continues, and war crimes prevail at all sides. Ferencz urges that we move towards a more rational and humane society t...

  16. Case against Hans Fritzsche, broadcast propaganda at Nuremberg Trial

    (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.

  17. Ferencz lecture: United Nations Day 1989

    Ferencz describes his optimistic worldview to achieve world peace. He discusses his involvement at Nuremberg, in spearheading restitution programs in Germany, writing the authoritative book on Jewish forced labor, "Less Than Slaves" (1979), and in speaking to various groups of people about his unique structures for peace. Ferencz argues that a system of law, courts, and enforcement needs to be introduced and implemented in the international arena. He urges public involvement on every level.

  18. Funk cross-examined by Thomas Dodd at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 366) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, August 20, 1946. MCU, US prosecutor Thomas J. Dodd cross-examines Walther Funk. Funk is heard answering. MS, Dr. Fritz Sauter, counselor for Funk, at speaker's stand. MCU, British prosecutor Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe questions Hermann Goering. Goering is heard replying to questions.

  19. Sutzkever (Yiddish writer) and Szmaglewska (Polish underground member) testify at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 15) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 27, 1946. MLSs, Abraham Sutzkever, a witness who spent two years in a ghetto and joined the partisans in Lithuania. MSs, Chief Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence and Justice Francis Biddle making notes at the bench. LS, Justice Lawrence questions Sutzkever. MLS, Seweryna Szmaglewska testifying through an interpreter. The witness was active in the Polish underground.

  20. Case against M. Bormann and A. Seyss-Inquart at Nuremberg

    (Paris 508) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 16, 1946. LS, MS, rear view, Lt. Harris, USN, prosecution counselor, addressing the tribunal and presenting the case against Martin Bormann, specifically on the lynching of US airmen. LS, MS, Lt. Henry Valpey Atherton, US Army, prosecution counselor, presenting the case against Arthur Seyss-Inquart.