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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. Publication

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  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. Poster

    Poster advertising performance in Displaced Persons camp.

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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.

  13. 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...

  14. 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.

  15. Eichmann Trial -- Session 72 -- Submission of excerpts of Sassen Document

    Session 72. Attorney General Hausner describes the skeletons of Strasbourg incident, saying that the guards were very fearful of those skeletons discovered upon Allied liberation, and more concerned about those who had been killed for the skeletons whose flesh had not yet rotted away. He submits the affidavits of a few witnesses from past cases, some of which are no longer alive. 00:09:29 Hausner submits a letter from Brandt to Eichmann. The affidavits regarding the Strasbourg skeletons used in Brandt's case are submitted. A series of photographs are submitted, along with a description of e...

  16. Yoram Shaaf photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of Mendel Finkelsztajntaken in 1946; a photograph of Mendel Finkelsztajn and his wife, Malka Sztajnberg, taken in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland, on September 18, 1938, before their marriage; and a photograph of Malka Finkelsztajn and his son, Jurek Finkelsztajn on February 25, 1946, in Wrocław, Poland.

  17. Polish refugee children

    Title: "P.I.C. Films, Inc. Presents: Children in Refuge" "A film dedicated to children who suffer because of war" American children in classroom. Ruins in Warsaw (Julien Bryan footage from "Siege" of Warsaw in 1939). Relief packages for Polish children. National War Fund. Polish War Relief. American children reading thank you letters from Polish children. Scenes from refugee camps in Iran, Palestine, South Africa, Kenya, military school in Scotland. Unique shots include footage of emaciated boys in tattered clothing (at 01:11:13 and 01:11:27). These are Polish children deported to the Sovie...

  18. Eichmann Trial -- Session 96 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    Footage beings in the middle of session 96. Attorney General Gideon Hausner continues cross examination of the accused with questions regarding whether Theodor Dannecker, Dieter Wisliceny, Alois Brunner, Rolf Günther and Gustav Richter received instructions from Eichmann. This is duplicate footage also found on Tape 2149 (at 01:01:55). Eichmann concedes that they did receive instructions from him with the exception of those that were involved in missions abroad (00:02:47). This discussion continues and after a long reply by the accused, Judge Landau asks Eichmann to stop repeating general s...

  19. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 66, 67 and 68 -- Testimonies of S. Srebnik, A. Lindwasser, D. Wdowinski, A. Oppenheimer

    Session 66. Witness Simon Srebrnik talks about dismantling the camp of Chelmno. He was shot, shows wound to court. He describes how he pretended to be dead and then escaped. 00:04:07 Describes the Russians arriving and being liberated. 00:05:51 Asked about his mother, explains that he cannot sleep at night. 00:06:59 Cuts out. 00:07:00 Witness Avraham Lindwasser. Worked as a dentist in Treblinka - pulling out teeth. Until he came across the body of his sister. 00:10:06 describes how he then told Dr. Zimmerman, a Jewish Kapo, he could not carry on anymore. Talks of amount of gold collected. 0...

  20. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 6, 7 and 8 -- Hausner continues opening statement

    Sessions 6, 7 and 8. Attorney General Gideon Hausner continues Section 4 of his opening statement: "IV - The Final Solution of the Jewish Question." At one point during his recitation of Section 4, the Judges interrupt Hausner to ask if they may adjourn; Hausner requests a few more minutes. At 00:40:21, there is a cut from Hausner's speech to Eichmann being led out of the courtroom. The court is adjourned, and the camera focuses on the emptying courtroom as the tape ends.