Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 1 and 2 -- Indictment reading of 15 counts
Creator(s)
- Rolf M. Kneller (Camera Operator)
- Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation (Producer)
- Leo Hurwitz (Director)
- Emil Knebel (Camera Operator)
- Milton Fruchtman (Producer)
- J. Jonilowicz (Camera Operator)
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
- J. Kalach (Camera Operator)
- F. Csaznik (Camera Operator)
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
Sessions 1 and 2. Begins during Session 1 as Attorney General Hausner is countering the Defense's assertion that the Israeli court lacks objectivity. There is a blip at 00:03:04 and the tape skips to Hausner discussing his agreement to accept affidavits from the Defense witnesses and forego his right to cross-examination. 00:05:19 There is another blip and the footage jumps to Session 2 as Hausner is reading international statutes as points of evidence for holding the Eichmann trial in Israel. 00:06:33 Another blip and the footage skips to Hausner discussing Eichmann's extradition from Argentina and its lack of relevance to the trial. Once again, Hausner's comments are interrupted by a blip in the editing at 00:09:17 and the film cuts to Hausner speaking on the relevance of the Defense's witnesses. There is a final blip at 00:10:19 and the tape ends.
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
- EICHMANN, ADOLF
- JUDGES
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- TRIALS
- SERVATIUS, ROBERT
- EICHMANN TRIAL
Places
- Jerusalem, Israel
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.