Eichmann Trial -- Session 29 -- Testimonies of A. Aviel and H. Behrendt

Eichmann Trial -- Session 29 -- Testimonies of A. Aviel and H. Behrendt 

Haim Behrendt was born in Berlin in 1919. After the War began in 1939, Behrendt managed to remain in Berlin with the assistance of friends and acquaintances. In 1940, he got married and moved into the house of his wife's parents. At the end of October 1941, Behrendt and his wife received a missive from the district police instructing Behrendt to list the material contents of his house. Soon thereafter, he and his wife were ordered to report to a synagogue in Leventzowstrasse, where they remained until their deportation to a ghetto in Minsk, Belorussia. While living in a Minsk, Behrendt encountered horrible conditions; overpopulation, starvation, physical abuse, and death. In September 1943, the SS moved Behrendt's kommando to the Minsk concentration camp. Over the course of the next two years, Behrendt was transferred to six different concentration camps: Lublin, Bedzin, Mielec, Flossenbürg, Herzebrock, and Dachau. The American army liberated Haim Behrendt on April 24, 1945. By 1961, he migrated to Israel and was a member of Kibbutz Na-an. 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. 

Eichmann Trial -- Session 29 -- Testimonies of A. Aviel and H. Behrendt