Doenitz on stand at Nuremberg Trial

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irn1002305
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English
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  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2876
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  • English
  • German
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(Munich 155) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, May 8-10, 1946. HAS, Tribunal as Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence administers oath to Adm. Karl Doenitz (latter not visible). HAS, Capt. Otto Kranzbuehler questioning his client Doenitz at the stand. (Doenitz not visible. Interpreter's voice is heard giving questions and answers in English.) MSs, Kranzbuehler at speaker's stand. HAS, left side of prisoners' dock showing defendants talking with attorneys before session. HAS, British prosecutor Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe as he continues questioning Doenitz. Doenitz is heard replying. Maxwell-Fyfe repeats his question, claiming that Doenitz did not answer directly, "Did you or did you not know that this order was top secret?" (Interpreter's voice translates the answer of Doenitz: that he did not see the order.)

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