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  1. Barbie Trial -- Day 5 -- Discussion of the UGIF and Izieu raids

    16:23 President Cerdini continues presenting an exhibit relating to the raid at the UGIF [Union générale des Israélites de France] in Lyon on February 9, 1943 16:25 A clerk reads a report signed by Barbie on the 11th of February 1943 16:29 Cerdini presents Barbie's reaction to being shown the report 16:31 Prosecution lawyer Klarsfeld gives further arguments relating to Barbie's report from February 11, 1943 16:34 Cerdini introduces into evidence a telegram sent by Barbie on February 11, 1943 16:35 Clerk reads the telegram 16:37 Jury examines the telegram (French translation), and Barbie's s...

  2. Barbie Trial -- Day 5 -- Sealed documents are admitted into evidence

    18:26 President Cerdini oversees the public sealing of the documents admitted into evidence. 18:43 Cerdini calls a recess.

  3. Barbie Trial -- Day 5 -- The Izieu Telex

    17:40 An argument between several lawyers from the prosecution and defense ensues because President Cerdini allows defense lawyer Vergès to handle the Telex D'Izieu and remove it from its protective plastic. Several lawyers become very upset, because they are afraid Vergès will tear or otherwise destroy the evidence 17:43 A prosecutor asks that the Telex be examined by the jurors and civil parties; explains why it was necessary to remove it from the plastic (because it was difficult to read some of the text through the covering) 17:51 President Cerdini reads a written statement from Barbie,...

  4. Barbie Trial -- Day 5 -- Witness testifies; discussions about Barbie refusing to appear in court

    13:35 President Cerdini asks for the accused, who refuses to appear at the trial, to be introduced. 13:37 A clerk lists the names of testifying witnesses. 13:41 President Cerdini asks Mme Vogel, née Esssner, to speak about the deportation of her parents by Nazi collaborator Paul Touvier. 14:26 Lawyer Welzer requests the Court to decide on whether it can continue to be permitted for Barbie to be absent. 14:46 Lawyer Du Granut says the presence of Barbie at his own trial would be useful and neccessary, but the respect of the French legal tradition excludes the use of force. 14:50 The prosecut...

  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. Barbie Trial -- Day 6 -- Barbie's knowledge of the Final Solution; an expert testifies

    16:21 Prosecutor Iannucci reminds the court that Barbie had been a member of the SD since 1935 and of the Nazi party since 1937; Dachau was inaugurated in March 1933; argues that Barbie cannot have been a member of the organization, for whom the concentration camps were an arm of government, without knowing they existed; gives history relating to the Reichstag Fire (February 1933) and the subsequent decimation of personal freedoms by the Nazi party, as well as the inauguration of Dachau just one month later. 16:27 Nordmann remarks that Barbie's formal education, and therefore his ideologica...

  7. Barbie Trial -- Day 6 -- Barbie's role in the roundup of Jews

    14:50 Defense lawyer Vergès gives closing remarks. 14:52 President Cerdini suspends the hearing. 15:29 Cerdini resumes the hearing. 15:30 Cerdini delivers the court's judgment on Barbie's unwillingness to attend trial proceedings. 15:32 Prosecutor Nordmann delivers civil parties' conclusions 15:34 Cerdini delivers a statement of facts relating to the convoy of August 11, 1944, in which prisoners of the Montluc prison in Lyon were rounded up and loaded onto a 10-car train. After many stops in France and little food or water, male resistants were offloaded at Struthof, female resistants were ...

  8. Barbie Trial -- Day 6 -- The Prosecution discusses Barbie's refusal to appear

    13:33 The courtroom slowly fills with jurors, prosecutors, and civil parties 13:40 President Cerdini opens the hearing; instructs the bailiff to go compel Barbie to appear 13:41 Prosecution Cohendy speaks passionately about his anger that Barbie has not been brought in by force 13:43 Cerdini suspends the hearing until the bailiff returns 14:09 Cerdini calls a resumption of the hearing; the clerk reads the bailiff's record of Barbie's continued refusal to appear 14:12 Prosecutor Kormann intervenes, asking for LICRA [International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism] to interrogate the ac...

  9. Barbie Trial -- Day 7 -- An expert testifies

    13:40 President Cerdini calls the session to order; asks that the accused present himself; Barbie refuses to appear; Cerdini calls on the bailiff to compel the accused to appear 13:41 The bailiff reads the names of the witnesses scheduled to give testimony in the session; one witness has not yet arrived 13:41 Cerdini suspends the session while the bailiff goes to Barbie to compel him to appear 14:28 Cerdini calls the session to order; the bailiff reads Barbie's statement that he refuses to appear 14:30 Cerdini reads the Court's decision regarding the Defense's exception taken to an earlier ...

  10. Barbie Trial -- Day 7 -- The defense questions two expert witnesses

    19:12 The defense questions the witnesses as to differences in the handwriting on the arrival notices written on both the Izieu telex and the Marseille telex 19:12 Cerdini asks the witnesses to remain in the area and available to the Court for further questions for a few days 19:15 Cerdini calls a recess

  11. Barbie Trial -- Day 7 -- The prosecution and defense question expert witnesses

    18:12 Prosecutor Jakubowicz asks the witnesses to comment on an argument of Barbie's defense, in which he claimed that the Jews declared war on Germany in 1939; the witnesses reply that this defense is 'stupid.' 18:13 Prosecutor Klarsfeld asks for a precision as to the date on which Barbie received instructions to arrest Jews. The witness says those instructions came the 14th of April, after the Izieu raid. 18:14 Prosecutor Welzer asks the witnesses to comment in a precise way on the 'Night and Fog' decree. 18:17 Defense attorney Vergès asks why, if the witnesses are so sure of Barbie's gui...

  12. Barbie Trial -- Day 7 -- The prosecution questions expert witnesses

    17:16 Witness Holtfort continues his testimony, explaining that there is written documentation coming from the January 20, 1942 conference about the decision to use Jews for forced labor, forcing them to create roads toward the East. Those who survived the labor needed a 'special treatment' (i.e. extermination). 17:20 Discussion of a document from 1942 in which Dannecker, the Paris head of the BDS-SIPO-SD, communicates to the head of the transport division in France the plan to exterminate French Jews.This information was disseminated from Paris to the regional offices, and the head of the ...

  13. Barbie Trial -- Day 7 -- Two experts testify

    15:52 Witnesses Streim and Holtfort, both German attorneys with experience evaluating Nazi documents and strong understanding of the Nazi and particularly SS command hierarchies, testify as to their knowledge of the SS officer school where Barbie received training in 1935-1937. Holtfort explains that a principal objective of the school was to inculcate an understanding and adherence to Nazi ideology. 15:58 The attorney asks Streim and Holtfort to testify to their understanding of the rules SS members had to obey in their day-to-day lives, as well as punishments handed out for disobedience. ...

  14. Barbie Trial -- Day 7 -- Two experts testify

    14:56 Witness Holtfort testifies, via an interpreter, that the documents presented to him by President Cerdini for verification are indeed authentic 15:07 Cerdini asks Holtfort whether, in his professional opinion, it is possible that the signature of Barbie's name was in fact written by someone else. Holtfort replies that theoretically, yes, but he has never seen a case of that in his years of research in this topic 15:10 Holtfort continues that, given the hierarchy of the SIPO-SD, a false signature would have been illegal and simply wouldn't have happened. Cerdini asks Holtfort to testify...

  15. Barbie Trial -- Day 8 -- A witness testifies regarding the UGIF raid; a civil party testifies

    13:47 President Cerdini opens the hearing; asks for the accused to present himself; Barbie refuses to appear 13:49 Cerdini asks a bailiff to summon Barbie 13:50 Another bailiff reads the list of witnesses set to appear 13:52 Cerdini suspends the hearing until the bailiff returns from summoning Barbie 14:19 Cerdini resumes the hearing; the bailiff reads a statement noting that Barbie refuses to appear in court 14:22 Prosecutor Kormann asks to present a new document into evidence; the document, from the Institute of Contemporary History in Munich, concerns testimony given by an SS General ear...

  16. Barbie Trial -- Day 8 -- Three civil parties give testimony relating to the UGIF raid

    14:54 The witness, Michel Cojot Goldberg, explains the motivation for his trip to Bolivia in 1975, in which he planned to assassinate Barbie but found himself incapable of pulling the trigger; he describes meeting Barbie and talking to him 15:03 Prosecutor Klarsfeld asks the witness why he did not kill Barbie when he had the chance; the witness explains that the service to France would be greater were Barbie forced to stand trial 15:07 Defense attorney Vergès asks the witness how he learned about the Izieu raid, and the witness replies that he will not reply to the defense's questions as lo...

  17. Barbie Trial -- Day 8 -- Written depositions regarding the UGIF raid are read into the record

    16:21 President Cerdini resumes the hearing 16:22 Cerdini asks that a document filed by prosecutor Kormann be translated from German to French 16:24 The public prosecutor for the civil parties asks that documents detailing testimony of survivors of the UGIF raid be read for the court 16:26 The clerk reads testimony of Mr. Raymond Geissmann, regional director of the UGIF in Lyon following the raid in February 1943 16:29 The clerk begins to read a second letter written by Geissmann, but the photocopy is unreadable; the original letter is furnished; in the letter, Geissmann gives his opinion o...

  18. Barbie Trial -- Day 9 -- A civil party testifies

    18:09 President Cerdini questions the witness as to how he was able to identify his interrogator as Barbie 18:11 Cerdini asks for specifics as to the type of train used to transport the witness to Auschwitz, and as to whether he knew about the existence of the gas chambers upon his arrival 18:13 Prosecutor Bermann asks the witness how he was able to identify Barbie in their first encounter; the witness thanks the court for the 'gift' of being able to testify against Barbie 18:15 Defense lawyer Vergès questions the witness as to the purpose of his work for the Red Cross, and whether his work...

  19. Barbie Trial -- Day 9 -- A civil party testifies regarding the UGIF raid and her subsequent deportation

    15:50 Vergès asks the witness whether he has a relationship with prosecutor Ryan; the witness replies that they had one long conversation 15:51 Vergès questions the witness as to why he left the French Army and joined the U.S. Army during the war; Cerdini interjects that the question is irrelevant to the trial 15:53 President Cerdini suspends the hearing 16:23 Cerdini resumes the hearing and introduces a new witness, Gilberte Jacob née Levy 16:25 The witness testifies; she worked at the UGIF as an assistant at the time of the raid; she recalls working at her desk in the early afternoon, whe...

  20. Barbie Trial -- Day 9 -- A previous expert witness asks to give additional testimony and is questioned; a witness testifies

    13:40 President Cerdini opens the hearing; asks for the accused to present himself; Barbie refuses to appear 13:41 Cerdini asks a bailiff to summon Barbie 13:41 Another bailiff reads the list of witnesses set to appear; identifies those who are absent 13:44 Cerdini suspends the hearing until the bailiff returns from summoning Barbie at the jail 14:05 Cerdini resumes the hearing; the clerk reads the bailiff's report; Barbie refuses to appear 14:08 Cerdini reads a decree stating that the trial will continue in Barbie's absence 14:09 German Attorney General Streim, a previous witness, asks to ...