Mauthausen prisoner testifies at Nuremberg Trial; Homma Trial

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irn1001345
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2827
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Languages
  • English
  • French
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EHRI Partner

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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 reading charges against the accused. Homma and Skeen standing before the Commission. Donovan pronounces verdict of guilty, "To be shot to death by musketry." MLS, rear view, Homma thanks the Commission for their treatment of him during the trial and exits the courtroom.

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