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  1. Barbie Trial -- Day 1 -- Crimes against humanity committed by Barbie

    19:24 A clerk lists various accounts submitted, qualifying as "crimes against humanity" commited by Klaus Barbie.

  2. Drawing

  3. Holocaust revisionism literature collection

    Consists newsletters, publications, and advertisements produced by various Holocaust revisionist groups between 1979-1985. Includes material from the Institute for Historical Review, the National Front, and On Target. Also includes pamphlets entitled "The Anti-Jewish Agenda" and "The Hidden Alliances of Noam Chomsky."

  4. European seashore

    LS, EXT, sailboat in the water. Panning shot of dock, several boats, unidentified town, buildings, visible in BG. VS, EXT, the sea, sunbathers on the beach, large house by the sea, palm trees, women passing by in the courtyard in some sort of military uniform.

  5. Barbie Trial -- Day 6 -- An expert testifies

    17:33 Cerdini presents Streim with four documents previously presented to the court, relating to the UGIF and Izieu raids, and asks his professional opinion as to their authenticity. He replies that he has previously studied copies of these documents, and these originals are indeed authentic; comments on the February 11 Telex 17:43 Cerdini asks Streim to evaluate Barbie's signatures on the documents, and whether the presence of his signature makes him responsible for their contents 17:47 Cerdini asks whether, in Streim's opinion given the documents in hand, the Izieu and UGIF raids were the...

  6. Daily activity in French town

    VS, EXT, panning a large garden. MS, civilians, mainly women in an unidentified town. Four women meet in the street, talk in front of a doorway or entrance to a neighbor's home. VS, townspeople, walking, talking, shopping. Large baguettes carried by women who walk past camera, FG, screen right. Women on bicycles, young girls socializing. LS, down street through the center of unidentified town that leads to the sea, a boat is visible, docked in the BG.

  7. Barbie Trial -- Day 3 -- Defense questions psychiatric test vailidity

    19:15 Psychiatric expert Gonin discusses the relationship between Barbie's totalitarian-like personality and the Nazi doctrine. 19:35 Lawyer for the defense Jacques Verges questions Gonin on whether psychoanalysis is a science, questioning the validity of the psychiatric tests.

  8. Postwar destruction; Dachau?; U.S. soldiers

    EXT, traveling shot on a lake or a river. MCU, destroyed plane in clearing, destroyed army camp. VS, destroyed buildings, rubble, etc. 00:19:04 Barracks at Dachau? (unclear if these buildings were part of a camp or a farm). VS, unidentified town, buildings, bell tower, some civilians walking around. CU, bundles (probably victims' belongings) laying on ground in front of building, American soldiers milling about, more bundles/belongings, they seem to be smoldering.

  11. Raymonde Garber photograph collection

    The collection consists of eight pre- and post-World War II photographs documenting the life of Raymonde Garber and her family in France during the Holocaust.

  12. laundry; French town

    Women doing laundry in a large wash basin in an apartment building courtyard. VS, EXT. Buildings, castle, rooftops, houses, apartments- a survey of the architecture of the unidentified town. Civilians, man in US Army uniform. Local women pumping water. Sign in French reads: "Hotel du Roxy" Shot of large, ornate public fountain.

  15. German troops in France, 1940; French colonial POWs

    Reel 1: 00:50:35 Scenes on French country road. Captured French colonial troops in various uniforms walking several abreast along road (including Arab and African soldiers). French town (apparently not Paris). Hotel de Ville entrance and metal grille with sign. Pan to two Gothic cathedral towers badly damaged. Small sign "Kommandantur" hanging on door. Blurry images of damaged buildings.

  16. Julius Streicher, Hermann Goering, Unity Mitford at rally in Franconia

    Large numbers of Hitler Youth and others marching, carrying flags. Hermann Goering, Julius Streicher and others arrive in cars driving through the cheering crowds. They walk among the crowds. Goering and Streicher at a speaker's podium. People in the crowd give the Hitler salute. Some of them wear native costume. Shots of officials, including two women. One may be Goering's wife. Panning shot across the crowd. 01:28:54 Title on screen: "Wir wollen nicht hass erzeugen gegen andere Voelker! Wir reichen jedem Volke die Hand!" [We do not want to create hatred toward other people! We offer our h...

  17. Barbie Trial -- Day 2 -- Crimes committed by Barbie in France

    14:45 A clerk lists various submissions by civil and related parties concerning crimes committed by Barbie. 14:53 The clerk lists components of crimes against humanity and war crimes. 14:59 Barbie's career in the SS. 15:03 The character of the criminal Nazi organizations. 15:06 Barbie's actions in Lyon.

  18. Agro-Joint colony of Maxim Gorky

    MCU of boys and girls of Maxim Gorky Colony, most boys wearing no shirts. LS of electrified pumping station. Two women baking bread at outdoor oven, taking out loaves. LS of flock of sheep, shepherd and young boys. LS of solid large long buildings, perhaps workshops or stables. Intertitles provide statistics and further information about the scenes.

  19. Karl Schneider memoir

    Consists of two copies of Karl Schneider's memoir of life in the Riga ghetto. He was a member of a transport from Cologne, Germany, which arrived in Riga in December 1941. He remained in the ghetto for the majority of the war, and discusses the establishment of schools and religious practices within the ghetto.