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Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 18 and 19 -- Testimonies of D. Meretz, W. Zimet and M. Burger

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.031 | Film ID: 2030

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    Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 18 and 19 -- Testimonies of D. Meretz, W. Zimet and M. Burger

    Overview

    Description
    Sessions 18 and 19. Assistant State Attorney submits Prosecution Document 505, a cable from Joseph Kennedy, American Ambassador in London. The cable describes a meeting with Ribbentrop about possible Jewish emigration to foreign nations. Bar-Or submits a report on Eichmann's trip to Palestine and Egypt. Blip at 00:09:21 and Bar-Or continues to submit relevant documentation.

    Blip at 00:11:30. Court is not in session; Defense Attorney Dr. Robert Servatius and the Judges enter the room. Presiding Judge Moshe Landau reprimands Bar-Or for using so much time to submit fifty documents. Bar-Or asserts the importance of the documents. Following a blip at 00:17:24, Bar-Or questions witness Dr. Paul Meretz about Fuch's disappearance, and the Jewish immigration center in Prague. After another blip at 00:19:40, witness Walli Malka Zimet answers questions about the Jewish Emmigration Office in Czechoslovakia. She explains that Adolf Eichmann and Gunther directed the office, and describes the hierarchy and duties in the emigration office.

    Blip at 00:25:51. Witness Max Burger details the selection process in Moravska Ostrava: "They proceeded in alphabetical order and completely disregarded peoples' objections regarding illness or frailty." After selection, the Jews were taken to a railway station and put onto sealed passenger cars with no food or water. Burger and the other Jews in his transport were released at Nizko and instructed to meet with Eichmann: "...Eichmann told us the Jews were forbidden to recross the San [River] in the opposite direction." Burger describes the Nizko Ghetto; the ghetto was overrun with disease, lacking in food and water, and had no housing. Bar-Or continues to question Burger about the conditions at Nizko. The picture becomes severely distorted after a blip at 00:42:03. THERE IS TECHNICALLY NO PICTURE ON THE REST OF THIS TAPE, THOUGH THE SOUND REMAINS STRONG AND UNDERSTANDABLE. Judge Yitzchak Raveh asks Burger to identify the Accused, and after a positive identification, the witness is dismissed.

    Attorney General Gideon Hausner discusses the prospect of sending an Israeli Judge abroad to hear testimony of Defense witnesses: "The Governemnt does not see that it is necessary to ask foreign states for permission... [for] an Israel Judge to enter their territory and hear evidence..." Hausner discusses affidavits and Nuremberg policy toward affidavits. Defense Attorney Dr. Robert Servatius offers his opinion, and the Judges state they will give their decision tomorrow morning.
    Film Title
    Eichmann Trial
    Duration
    01:02:07
    Date
    Event:  1961 April 27
    Production:  1961 April 27
    Locale
    Jerusalem, Israel
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Contributor
    Director: Leo Hurwitz
    Producer: Milton Fruchtman
    Camera Operator: Rolf M. Kneller
    Camera Operator: F. Csaznik
    Camera Operator: J. Jonilowicz
    Camera Operator: J. Kalach
    Camera Operator: Emil Knebel
    Producer: Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation
    Biography
    Emil Knebel was a cinematographer known for Andante (2010), Adam (1973), and Wild Is My Love (1963). He was one of the cameramen who recorded daily coverage of the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem (produced by Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp and later held academic positions in Israel and New York teaching filmmaking at universities. Refer to CV in file.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English German Hebrew
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Mixed
    Time Code
    00:00:20:00 to 01:02:27:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2030 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2030 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2030 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2030 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2030 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2030 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2030 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2030 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation recorded the proceedings of the Adolf Eichmann trial in 1961. The original recording was made on two-inch format videotape. One set of videotapes contained selected portions of the trial for distribution to television stations. The "selected portions" version remained in Israel and was later turned over to the Israel State Archives. Capital Cities Broadcasting retained the set of videotapes containing the complete trial proceedings at offices in New York City until 1965, when they gave the videotapes to the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The Anti-Defamation League, in turn, gave the complete set to the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1972. With a grant from the Revson Foundation, Hebrew University transferred the two-inch videotapes to U-Matic format. During the transfer process, Hebrew University created three duplicate sets. One set was given to the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, one to the Israel State Archives, and one set to the Jewish Museum in New York City. In 1995, the Israel State Archives transferred the trial footage to digital videoformat with a grant from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office. Three subsequent digital videotape copies resulted from this transfer of footage. The Israel State Archives retained one digital copy and a second set was deposited at the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the third set of digital videotapes in May 1999.
    Note
    *Hum in picture of master; problem with camera microphones at 20:00; 42:00 head down in master; 44:00 two heads down in master.

    There are approximately 7 blips throughout the course of the Film ID 2030:
    00:04.08 to 00:04.09
    00:09.21 to 00:09.23
    00:11.30 to 00:11.33
    00:17.24 to 00:17.26
    00:19.40 to 00:19.43
    00:25.51 to 00:25.53
    00:42.03 to 00:42.04

    See official transcripts, published in "The Trial of Adolf Eichmann", Vol. I-V, State of Israel, Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem, 1994, pp. 279, 282, 286, 290, 293, 294, 296-300, 302-304. Also available online at the Nizkor Project.
    Copied From
    2" Quad
    Film Source
    Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 1795
    Source Archive Number: VTEI 283
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:46:40
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