German naval officer testifies about Doenitz's orders at Nuremberg Trial

Identifier
irn1002353
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2926
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(Paris 505) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 14, 1946. MSs, the witness, former German naval officer Karl Heinz Moehle, relates the orders of Doenitz, that, in particular, U-boat commanders should not save survivors of vessels that sunk and that U-boats should not sink ships too close to the shore as that would enable many crew members and passengers to be saved. LSs, rear views, Doenitz's attorney Otto Kranzbuehler questions witness and makes a statement to the Tribunal.

Subjects

  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • NAVY (GERMAN)
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • DOENITZ, KARL
  • TRIALS
  • GERMANY
  • BOATS
  • NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
  • JUDGES

Places

  • Nuremberg, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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