Nuremberg Race Laws 1935
Creator(s)
- E. R. Kellogg (Director)
- James B. Donovan (Compiler)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Biographical History
United States Navy Lieutenant E. R. Kellogg certifies motion pictures of Nazi concentration camps in an affidavit presented in the "Nazi Concentration Camps" film by the Americans as evidence during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Kellogg had expertise in motion picture and photographic techniques through his employment with Twentieth Century Fox Studios in California from 1929 to 1941. He attests that he has thoroughly examined the concentration camp liberation films of the Army Signal Corps and found them to be unaltered, genuine, and true copies of the originals in the U.S. Army Signal Corps vaults.
James B. Donovan. United States Navy Commander. Associate Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, where he coordinated and presented all Nazi films at the trials. General Counsel to OSS. Negotiated the exchange of Bay of Pigs prisoners with Fidel Castro as an independent lawyer under backdrop of the missile crisis, securing the freedom of nearly 10,000 people. Portrayed by Tom Hanks in "Bridge of Spies".
Scope and Content
Title: "Seventh Party Congress 10-16 September 1935" Hitler and Goering address Seventh Party Congress (1935) in Nuremberg. Hitler moves to adopt Nuremberg laws, Goering reads laws including forbidding marriage between Jews and non Jews. Hitler addresses Hitler Jugend at Nuremberg, Hitler Youth singing. Army day-manoeuvers. Title: "Reception for Prime Minister Goemboes of Hungary 28 September 1935" Hitler reviews army, meets with Goering, speaks to Germans, greets the Hungarian prime minister. Goemboes statement in German.
Note(s)
This item from "The Nazi Plan" contains the sequence from which the audio track (music) was lifted for inclusion in the PE monitor "Totalitarian State." See Story 748, Film ID 502 for duplicate footage.
"The Nazi Plan" was shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg on December 11, 1945. It was compiled by Budd Schulberg and other military personnel, under the supervision of Navy Commander James Donovan. The compilers took pains to use only German source material, including official newsreels and other German films (1919-45). It was put together for the US Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality and the US Office of the Chief Counsel for War Crimes. The film was received in evidence as IMT exhibit USA-167. Summary from NARA story card (archive source number 238.1): "On the activities and policies of the National Socialist Party in Germany, 1921-1944, particularly as reflected in the speeches of Adolf Hitler. Shows much of the pagentry associated with the speeches. Consists of four parts: Part I: The rise of the NSDAP, 1921-1933 (reels 1-2); Part II: Acquiring totalitarian control of Germany, 1933-1935 (reels 3-8); Part III: Preparation for wars of aggression, 1935-1939 (reels 9-16); and Part IV: Wars of aggression, 1939-1944 (reels 17-22)."
Subjects
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- GERMANY
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- WAR CRIMES COMMISSIONS
- NUREMBERG RALLIES
- GOERING, HERMANN
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- SPEECHES
- NUREMBERG LAWS
- NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
- RACE
- NAZI PARTY
- HITLER, ADOLF
- HITLER YOUTH
- GERMANS
- JEWS
- CONFERENCES
- HUNGARY
Places
- Nuremberg, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Documentary.