Goering testifies at Nuremberg Trial

Identifier
irn1001591
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.177.1
  • RG-60.2422
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(Munich 53) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany. LS Hermann Goering under questioning by Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson. Jackson is annoyed that Goering does not answer questions and delays the trial. Jackson speaks of Goering's involvement in concentration camps and describes the ways and means of arresting people. Goering responds in German. Jackson speaks about Nazi organizations responsible for propaganda and carrying out orders. Goering testifies that the SS and SA never received any orders to kill. At least "not in his time," he had no influence on the SS. LS, courtroom rises for recess. LS, MS, the defendants chat during recess, escorted out of the courtroom by MPs.

Note(s)

  • 00:27:02-00:38:02

  • Timecodes starting with 01: refer to the Master and User (VHS) copies. Timecodes starting with 00: refer to the Protection (Beta SP) copy. Tape previously considered NURM 1.

Subjects

  • GERMANY
  • NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • TRIALS
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • GOERING, HERMANN
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • PROSECUTORS
  • JACKSON, ROBERT
  • NAZI PARTY
  • ARRESTS
  • NAZI OFFICIALS

Places

  • Nuremberg, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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