us-005578-irn1001031
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note: See official transcripts, published in"The Trial of Adolf Eichman", Vol. I-V, State of Israel, Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem, 1994. Also available online at the Nizkor Project http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/e/eichmann-adolf/transcripts/Sessions/. The dialogue is in three languages: German, Hebrew, and English. Adolf Eichmann and Defense Counsel Robert Servatius speak in German, which is translated into Hebrew. The Judges and Attorney General Gideon Hausner speak Hebrew. An English translation of the proceedings is dubbed over all of the dialogue by translators. The presiding Judges are Moshe Landau, Benjamin Halevi, and Yitzchak Raveh. Also present are Assistant State Attorneys Gabriel Bach and Ya'akov Bar-Or. There are periodic breaks in the footage.
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title: Eichmann Trial -- Session 7 -- Hausner's opening statement
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biographical history: 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.
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identifier: irn1001031
date: 1961 April 17
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scope and content: Dr. Robert Servatius walks into the virtually empty courtroom and sits down. He pulls a file folder out of his bag and talks with the person sitting next to him. Adolf Eichmann is brought into a booth. The translator steps up to a podium and guards motion for Eichmann to pull his seat forward. Various shots of Eichmann and Dr. Servatius are shown. A woman sits at a podium opposite the translator. 00:05:31 Everyone rises as the Judges walk in and sit down. Presiding Judge Moshe Landau opens the 7th Session of the trial and requests Attorney General Gideon Hausner to continue his Opening Speech. The Attorney General stands and tells the story of how Eichmann refused to allow a man to exit the country and join his wife who was a Swiss citizen. He says that throughout the trial, they will give many more examples to prove how Eichmann's one goal was the death of every Jew. He shares a few more accounts and states that Eichmann's attention to detail made it impossible"for any single Jew to slip through the net" The Attorney General tells of another instance where a woman requested that her husband be transferred to Germany. Eichmann delayed his response until he could say that her husband was no longer alive. 00:10:10 Eichmann was also involved in holding up passports for Jews that were to be sent to Auschwitz. He ordered that the German Post say"the letters were lost because of 'enemy action.' The letters should not be returned, and no compensation should be paid for their loss" The Attorney General continues sharing about how Eichmann responded to complaints about actions taken against Jews by saying that"the Jewish enem" was merely trying to gain pity to"escape the fate he deserves" It is then stated that the so called enemy was"a defenseless civil population" A small portion of the proceedings are missing. 00:14:06 Footage resumes as Hausner describes the way German soldiers would openly discuss who was to be shot first and says that pictures will later be shown of so…
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