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  1. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 100 and 101 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    There are shots of the courtroom, Eichmann in the booth, and medium shots of people in the audience. All rise as the judges enter the courtroom (00:35:45). Judge Landau opens the one-hundred first session of the trial (00:36:06). Attorney General Gideon Hausner presents a document to the court as proof of Heinrich Himmler's appointment to the Ministry of the Interior (00:36:28) and proceeds with the cross examination (00:39:20) asking Eichmann if Theodor Dannecker carried out his orders in Italy. The accused states that he had nothing to do with Dannecker's actions in Italy. Hausner proceed...

  2. Medical kit

  3. DP Camp Neu Freimann

    DPs in the street at Neu Freimann, automobiles, bus, traffic, soldiers. Sign: "IRO Area Team 1055 / Neu-Freimann / Siedlung" Winter. Groups of men at gate of the camp.

  4. Knapsack

  5. Richard W. Peterson collection

    Contains one copy of a black and white photograph of the Third Platoon; one memoir entitled, "The Hilltops of Attendorn"; one speech presented by Richard W. Patterson at the Annual meeting Omaha-Council Bluffs Hadassah Lakeshore Country Club Council Bluffs, Iowa, entitled, "A Night of Watching: The Rescue of the Danish Jews"; one Memorial Day Address Remembrance Ceremony of American Legion Post #2; an outline of events of Richard W. Peterson's liberation activities; and a transcript of phone conversations with Clarence McGilberry of Dallas, TX, former Staff Sgt. and Platoon Guide of 3rd Pla...

  6. Eichmann Trial -- Session 51 -- Diaries of Yekuel & Klepper; Hungary documents; testimony of Pinhas Freudiger

    Footage begins with a shot of the courtroom in the middle of Session 51. The judges are looking over a set of documents. Judge Landau notes that they have decided to admit into evidence selections from the diary of Advocate Yomtov Yekuel and an affidavit from Advocate Asher Rafael Moissis (00:02:00). State Attorney Yaacov Bar-Or addresses the court with excerpts from Yekuel's diary pertaining to the experience of the Jews in Salonika, Greece. Footage cuts out from 00:07:54 to 00:08:06, but nothing is missing from the proceedings. Shots of Eichmann in the booth looking at documents. Bar-Or s...

  7. Eichmann Trial -- Session 107 -- Eichmann explains his oath to the Party

    Session 107. Tape starts midsentence when Eichmann is asked what his opinion was concerning the Nazi outlook that the Jews must be removed from Germany. (Footage duplicated from Tape 2195.) Eichmann says that he never thought about it, which the Judge quickly disputes. The tape is interrupted by a slate at 00:03:32 and resumes with Eichmann explaining that he had to not make waves in his position in the Reich. 00:04:41 Tape is interrupted again by a slate and resumes with the same footage. Eichmann insists he worked as a low-ranking official in the head office of Reich Security and regrette...

  8. Eichmann Trial -- Session 14 and 15 -- Testimonies of Z. & M. Grynszpan, B. Cohn, A. Lindenstrauss

    Sessions 14 and 15. Witness Zindel Shmuel Grynszpan is called to the stand. The story skips after a blip at 00:02:13. Witness Mordechai Eliezer Grynszpan, son of prior witness Zindel Grynszpan, is called to the stand. Assistant State Attorney Gabriel Bar-Or questions Mordechai about his brother, Herschel Grynszpan. After a blip, Mordechai explains his reservations for writing to Herschel in France as the Nazis occupied. Mordechai details his actions during the 1940s and describes his search for his brother after the war. The witness is dismissed. A blip at 00:06:33 backtracks to Hausner rea...

  9. Publication

    2 publications

  10. Eichmann Trial -- Session 42 -- Testimony of Heinrich Grueber, Charlotte Salzberger; affidavit of Bernard Loesener

    Under questioning from the judges, the German theologian Dr. Heinrich Grueber testifies about his role in the rescue of Jews. He says that he receives hate mail and threats for his rescue work and for agreeing to come to Jerusalem to testify. He refuses to publicly state the name of a fellow rescuer for this reason. He quotes Leo Baeck as he describes the difference between the reactions of working people versus scholars to the persecution of the Jews. (Duplicate footage also found on Tape 2052 at 01:00:02 and Tape 2051 at 00:31:04). Judge Halevi asks Grueber what happened to Dr. Bernard Lo...

  11. Eichmann Trial -- Session 46 -- Testimonies of Salz and Arnon regarding Yugoslavia

    Session 46. Judges enter, and open the 46th session of the trial. The consolidation of Jews and Freemasons in Belgrade is recommended, and the deportation of them to an island on the Danube River is suggested, assuming that this is an easy task. The discussion of statistics, along with dealing with the Roma quarter, are brought up. 00:12:46 Tape jumps. Dr. Hinko Salz is testifying, saying that he wore an armband badge as a soldier, but it was often covered by his medical badges. 00:14:05 Tape jumps. Dr. Salz is still testifying, saying that his superior told them that he would give them vou...

  12. Eichmann Trial -- Session 88 -- Cross examination of the Accused

    Camera fades in and zooms out on empty booth. People are heard talking in the background. Hausner is seen in the FG. Adolf Eichmann enters (00:01:35) carrying documents and sits placing headphones on the table and arranging the documents. MS, the prosecution desk (00:02:19) with Attorney General Gideon Hausner and Assistant State Attorneys Ya'akov Bar-Or, and Gabriel Bach seated examining documents. The camera zooms in on Eichmann. There is an overhead shot from the rear of the courtroom of the defense table with Servatius seated (00:04:24). All rise as the judges enter (00:06:42). Judge Mo...

  13. Poster

    Poster advertising performance in Displaced Persons camp.

  14. Eichmann Trial -- Session 54 -- Witnesses A. Gordon, T. Ferencz

    Session 54. Cuts into testimony of witness Avraham Gordon, Hungarian Jew. Describes labor he was forced to do - digging trenches in Eichmann's residence under direction of Slawik (possibly Eichmann's bodyguard). 00:04:48 Gordon looks at photographs - identifies Eichmann. Picture submitted to court [exhibit T/1152 or T/37(7)]. 00:06:52 Gordon describes Eichmann, villa, boy (Salomon) being punished for stealing cherries. 00:12:59 Gordon asked to draw sketch of villa. Describes sketch and what happened to Salomon [exhibit T/1153]. 00:23:36 Gordon describes Eichmann and Slawik taking Salomon in...

  15. Melania Fogelbaum papers

    The Melania Fogelbaum papers consist of writings and correspondence documenting Melania Fogelbaum’s experiences in the Łódź ghetto between 1941 and 1944. The collection includes a notebook of poems and several loose pages from a journal of poems, drawings, and journal entries written by Melania while in the ghetto. Correspondence includes postcards between Melania and friends and family including Hala Frumkowska, Szymon Gliksman, Hipolit Fogelbaum, Cyla Fogelbaum, Jozef Fogelbaum, and a letter from the Jewish Council notifying Melania that due to her illness, she will receive additional rat...

  16. Eichmann Trial -- Session 92 -- Cross-examination of the Accused about his position as a specialist

    The footage begins late in Session 92. Attorney General Gideon Hausner cross-examines Eichmann, who states that he was not in charge of the entire Final Solution. He states that he was assigned the task of writing invitations to the Wannsee Conference. Hausner asks the accused if he was in fact Reinhard Heydrich's specialist in charge of Jewish affairs (00:04:37). Eichmann maintains that he was not Heydrich's special officer for the Final Solution, but rather an officer on Jewish affairs under Heinrich Müller. There is a disturbance in the courtroom and Judge Landau calls for order (00:11:4...

  17. Eichmann Trial -- Session 113 -- Prosecution continues summing up

    Session 113. Attorney General Hausner enumerates the things that Eichmann is accused of. He says that the victims cannot be compensated and can never be the same as they were before the war (duplicate footage from Tape 2225). He says that these actions (crimes against humanity) will never be forgotten. He specifies the different versions of robbery committed by the Nazis and says that they are all bad. 00:12:38 Hausner reads the precedent where a German says that he was only following orders with regard to robbing Jews, and that he was only working within the framework of the government. Ha...

  18. Eichmann Trial -- Session 109 -- Courtroom before judges enter

    Session 109. This tape features mainly the courtroom before the Judges enter to open the 109 Session. The Prosecution and Defense wait for the arrival of the Judges. Eichmann and Dr. Servatius talk over their private microphone line, we cannot hear what they are saying. Hausner consults with others over a book. Various shots of the crowd and Eichmann growing impatient.

  19. Eichmann Trial -- Session 91 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    Footage begins in the middle of the session with cross-examination of the accused by Attorney General Gideon Hausner. Hausner questions Eichmann about the September 21, 1939 meeting in Heydrich's office. At this meeting Reinhard Heydrich met with Adolf Eichmann and other Einsatzgruppen commanders to discuss Hitler's approval of a plan to concentrate Polish Jews in cities and later deport them eastward. Eichmann maintains that he was not present at this meeting and refers to the testimony of Dr. Alfred Six, noting that the witness would have stated that Eichmann had been at the meeting. Haus...

  20. Photograph of staff at the Unitarian Hospital for Children

    Contains a photograph depicting physicians and nurses in the Unitarian Hospital for Children, organized by Noel Field of the Unitarian Service Committee, standing in front of a truck in France.