First Allied Court: trial of Wehrmacht captain

Identifier
irn1002356
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2930
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(LIB 7175) First Allied Court, Lillehammer, Norway, July 10, 1945. SEQ: Trial of Wehrmacht captain who killed a Russian ex-prisoner of war. Witness gives evidence. The court principals are British and American officers. A German general who commanded the occupation of Norway is among the spectators. Shots of the building where trial is held. MLS, US captain and officers visit the place where the crime was committed. The accused enter the building for the trial.

Note(s)

  • Arrangements for the trial were made by the Civil Affairs Div, G-5 of the Allied Land Forces of Norway.

Subjects

  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ALLIES)
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • TRIALS
  • ALLIES
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • NORWAY
  • POWS (SOVIET)
  • WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY)

Places

  • , Norway

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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