Prof. Leo van der Essen testifies at Nuremberg Trial

Identifier
irn1002380
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2954
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

(Paris 541) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 4, 1946. Pan of courtroom; Chief Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence is heard saying, "Do any defense counselors wish to ask any questions?" MSs, MLSs, Professor Leo van der Essen, General Secretary of the Louvain University in Belgium, testifying. A defense attorney questions the professor. LS, Thomas J. Dodd of the US prosecution states that the prosecution does not wish to question the witness. MSs, Professor van der Essen being sworn in. Rear views, French prosecutor Faure questioning Van der Essen.

Note(s)

  • This testimony is continued in 111 ADC 5791, RG-60.2955, Film ID 2377.

Subjects

  • JUDGES
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • PROSECUTORS
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • GERMANY
  • TRIALS
  • NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
  • DODD, THOMAS J.

Places

  • Nuremberg, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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