Eichmann Trial -- Session 1 -- Reading of indictment
Creator(s)
- Emil Knebel (Camera Operator)
- Rolf M. Kneller (Camera Operator)
- F. Csaznik (Camera Operator)
- J. Kalach (Camera Operator)
- Leo Hurwitz (Director)
- J. Jonilowicz (Camera Operator)
- Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation (Producer)
- Milton Fruchtman (Producer)
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
Biographical History
Emil Knebel was a cinematographer known for Andante (2010), Adam (1973), and Wild Is My Love (1963). He was one of the cameramen who recorded daily coverage of the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem (produced by Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp and later held academic positions in Israel and New York teaching filmmaking at universities. Refer to CV in file.
Scope and Content
Session 1. Court officials are organizing the courtroom for the trial. Various individuals walk around the room, greeting and talking to each other. There is occasional sound as the trial commentators prepare for Session 001. The trial begins, and the camera focuses on Adolf Eichmann as he sits in the glass box. As the three judges, Moshe Landau, Benjamin Halevi, and Yitzchak Raveh enter the courtroom, the commentators detail trial particulars such as the trial number and specific court officials. Judge Landau formally ascertains the defendant's identity and choice of council. He then grants permission for the accusations to be read, and notes that all counts will be recited in Hebrew (the official language of the court), followed by the German translation. The tape ends during the German translation of Count One, Letter (g).
Note(s)
See official transcripts, published in "The Trial of Adolf Eichmann", Vol. I-V, State of Israel, Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem, 1994. Also available online at the Nizkor Project http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/e/eichmann-adolf/transcripts/Sessions/. The dialogue is in three languages: German, Hebrew, and English. Adolf Eichmann and Defense Counsel Robert Servatius speak in German, which is translated into Hebrew. The Judges and Attorney General Gideon Hausner speak Hebrew. An English translation of the proceedings is dubbed over all of the dialogue by translators. The presiding Judges are Moshe Landau, Benjamin Halevi, and Yitzchak Raveh. Also present are Assistant State Attorneys Gabriel Bach and Ya'akov Bar-Or. There are periodic breaks in the footage.
Subjects
- RAVEH, YITZHAK
- JUDGES
- EICHMANN TRIAL
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- TRIALS
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- EICHMANN, ADOLF
Places
- Jerusalem, Israel
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film