Eichmann Trial -- Session 114 -- Courtroom and closing statement of the Defense
Creator(s)
- Milton Fruchtman (Producer)
- Rolf M. Kneller (Camera Operator)
- J. Kalach (Camera Operator)
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
- Emil Knebel (Camera Operator)
- F. Csaznik (Camera Operator)
- J. Jonilowicz (Camera Operator)
- Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation (Producer)
- Leo Hurwitz (Director)
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
Session 114. Dr. Servatius sits. The Judges are not in the courtroom. 00:05:19 Judges enter and tell Dr. Servatius to continue. 00:06:03 Tape jumps. Dr. Servatius talks about the skeletons that Eichmann gave, saying that the entire request is peculiar. He refutes the accusations of Einsatzgruppen shootings with affidavits, as well as the cooperation of Eichmann with the Einsatzgruppen in the Baltics and the Soviet Union. 00:11:03 Dr. Servatius admits that Eichmann was in charge of deportations and relocations of Jews, but had no idea that death was the fate of these Jews. They were shot by the Einsatzgruppen under no orders of his. He then says that Eichmann did not demand deportations from the East and Italy, as testified by various witnesses. 00:18:06 Tape is interrupted by a slate numerous times and then 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.
Subjects
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- JEWS
- EINSATZGRUPPEN
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- JUDGES
- TRIALS
- SERVATIUS, ROBERT
- EICHMANN, ADOLF
- DEPORTATIONS
- EICHMANN TRIAL
Places
- Jerusalem, Israel
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.