War Crimes Trials: Einsatzgruppen Case

Identifier
irn1001434
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2314
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)

Scope and Content

(Munich 638) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 9 (Einsatzgruppen Case), Nuremberg, Germany. Judge Michael A. Musmanno explains that defendants Otto Rasch and Eduard Strauch were arraigned separately due to illness that prevented them from being in court on September 15. Benjamin Ferencz, the Chief Prosecutor for the US, reads to the court the crimes for which the defendants are charged. HAS of defendants. US prosecutor John Glancy details the specific crimes of the defendants and provides examples from prosecution evidence. Shot of Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor. Glancy talks about defendant Eduard Strauch, Commander of Einsatzkommando 2, and the number of murders they committed.

Note(s)

  • Duplicate footage on Film ID 231, Story 417.

Subjects

  • EINSATZGRUPPEN
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • TRIALS
  • SOVIET UNION
  • TAYLOR, TELFORD
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • MUSMANNO, MICHAEL
  • NUREMBERG (SUBSEQUENT TRIALS)
  • JUDGES
  • GAS VANS
  • FERENCZ, BENJAMIN
  • GERMANY

Places

  • Nuremberg, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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