Barbie Trial -- Day 12 -- Bailiff introduces witnesses; lawyers demand Barbie's presence in court; recess; Lanfranchi testifies

Identifier
irn1004047
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.516.1
  • RG-60.4544
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • (Subject)
  • Institut National de L'Audiovisuel
  • Daniel Borgeot (Producer)

Scope and Content

Bailiff introduces witnesses who will testify on Day 12 (May 26, 1987); they stand before the court. The trial is suspended for ten minutes at 13:53:23; tape recording stops and skips to real time 14:03:12 where judges re-enter court. Lawyers plead for Klaus Barbie's presence in the courtroom. Jacques Verges, Barbie's attorney, demands that Barbie remain in prison which is his legal right. The judges recess to make a decision at 14:14:22 [14:24:05 real time]; tape recording stops again and skips to real time 14:48:52. The judges return to the courtroom and report that Barbie will be forced to appear in court and face his victims [14:52 real time]. Fortune Lanfranchi testifies at 14:21 [14:55 real time]. He speaks about his arrest as a member of the Resistance, the Gestapo prison Montluc, interrogation, and transport to Dachau.

Note(s)

  • 15:15:00

  • Time code on screen shows real time on May 26, 1987. Following the multiple recesses, this time code differs from internal tape time code. Abbreviated transcript with real time code idents available in departmental files.

Subjects

  • ARRESTS
  • TRIALS
  • BARBIE TRIAL
  • DACHAU
  • PRISONS
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • RESISTERS/RESISTANCE
  • VERGES, JACQUES
  • TORTURE
  • FRANCE

Places

  • Lyon, France

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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