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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.
date: 1961 June 07
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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. *Some white dropout between 35-40 minutes on master.
scope and content: Session 68. Witness Yehiel Dinur is sworn in. He identifies himself as a man born in Poland, and as a writer. 00:02:14 He is asked about his pseudonym K. Zetnik. He explains the meaning of his books, particularly the Auschwitz chronicle, he explains how in the camps time passed on a different scale, the inhabitants of the planet breathed and lived under different laws and nature -"their name was the number 'Kazetnik". That's why he uses this name. He talks about the uniform, and the"Auschwitz planet" 00:09:20 The witness asked to listen to questions, as he continues to speak about what is on his mind and does not directly address the questions put before the court. Suddenly the witness faints. It is later discovered that he has had a stroke while testifying. There is commotion in the courtroom; the witness's wife comes to his aid at the witness stand, along with court personnel and medical personnel. Recess is called. He is taken out of court on a stretcher. 00:13:00 Cuts out. 00:13:03 Witness Yehuda Bakon describes his time in the camps, recalling a time when he was taking wood to the crematorium fire, incidents when the Sonderkommando took pity on the children and allowed them to warm themselves from the harsh cold outside by staying near the ovens and in the gas chambers. He recalls that he used to have to spread human ashes on the road in winter so that people would not slip and fall on the ice and snow. 00:15:27 Cuts out. He then describes his experience in Zeltenlager - there was an air raid, a bomb hit the camp and the next day he saw people eating human flesh. 00:17:17 Cuts out. 00:17:20 Witness Alfred Oppenheimer. The witness was in Birkenau. He describes a selection, lying about occupation and age to save himself. 00:22:35 Cuts out. Describes the train on which he was deported - and managing to get a place by the window. 00:24:57 SS men trying to find out who opened the window to the carriage - shot at the men opposite him. Asked about the fellow passenger…
title: Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 68 and 69 -- Testimonies of Y. Dinur, Y. Bakon, A. Oppenheimer, A. Beilin